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Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
Scleroderma Renal Crisis ... hematuria on urine ... cells on urine ... microscopy - ... Scleroderma #Renal #Crisis
A normal peripheral blood smear indicates the appropriate appearance of red blood cells, with a zone
normal peripheral blood ... appearance of red blood ... cells, with a zone ... Clinical #Path #Microscopy ... PeripheralBloodSmear #BloodSmear
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Causes of Hematuria ... Algorithm Red blood ... cells on urine ... microscopy. ... with polyangiitis/microscopic
A – cabot ring, B – Howell-Jolly Body

What are Cabot’s rings?
- They are delicate threadlike inclusions
inclusions in the red blood ... cells in the peripheral ... blood of some patients ... Clinical #Pathology #Microscopy ... #BloodSmear #CabotRings
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
urine called "De Urinis ... • Blood (hemoglobin ... Microscopic exam ... • Red blood cells ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... , proteinuria, hematuria ... reveals increasing blood ... or gross hematuria ... differential #diagnosis #management
Scleroderma Renal Crisis - Diagnosis and management

Diaqnosis
 • De novo arterial hypertension of normotensive form +++
Scleroderma Renal Crisis ... Diagnosis and management ... Proteinuria > 2+ • Hematuria ... needed to control blood ... RenalCrisis #Diagnosis #management
Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With CKD

1. Monitor for changes in BP, serum creatinine, &
Management of Diabetes ... serum creatinine rises ... evidence-based pharmacologic ... for glycemia, blood
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Mononeuritis multiplex • Hematuria ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... Multinucleated giant cells ... (PR3-ANCA)): Microscopic
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
R flank pain, hematuria ... post exchange: blood ... 10%RBC, +maltese cross ... +burr cells and ... anemia, jaundice, hematuria