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CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... , PRES Pathophysiology ... autoantibodies that will cause ... #neurology #rheumatology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... thromboembolism, renal ... : Disease process ... nephropathy • Secondary ... disease or drugs
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Malignancies: Secondary ... cell carcinoma (native ... , Busulfan • Disease ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... patients with a negative ... heart failure, neurologic ... disease: CKD, acute ... Neurologic disorders
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
pain • loss of secondary ... membrane into the CNS ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... respiratory failure • Neurologic
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
protein C and S Pathophysiology ... Bleeding (64%) • Renal ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... • Severe Liver Disease ... Treat primary cause
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Secondary form ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... cirrhosis: 3%-20% Renal ... Distal (Type I) renal ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... that results in CNS ... tested and if negative ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... • Treatment of