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Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
New onset blood ... examination - Microscopic ... cells on urine ... microscopy - ... anuria - Flash pulmonary
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Glomerular (red blood ... cells/proteinuria ... eosinophils/white blood ... biopsy - Management ... treating underlying cause
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Prolymphocytes In our case ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... Smear #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Blood
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Mechanism Decr Blood ... hemorrhage) - Pulmonary ... pathology (e.g. ... Suppressed - Advanced renal ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... Goodpasture's cause ... reveals increasing blood ... differential #diagnosis #management
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
Aspiration on Microscopy ... CT abd/pelvis shows ... international radiology ... Is a major cause ... #clinical #pathology
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
dilatation of the left renal ... pelvis and thickening ... D) #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pathology #CT ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... conditioned athletes Pathologic ... anemia (reduced blood ... - Chronic pulmonary ... #cardiology
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... it pus, edema, blood ... or tumor cells ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Well-conditioned athletes Pathologic ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... #cardiology