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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... glomerulonephritis - Berger disease ... Minimal change disease ... - Amyloidosis ... #Glomerular #Diseases
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... arteritis - Inflammatory ... - Kawasaki disease ... and infectious diseases ... syndrome induced by chronic
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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reaction - Atopic disease ... lymphomas, Hodgkin disease ... inflammatory diseases ... , IgG4-related disease ... diseases,
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis • Inflammatory ... Giardiasis • Inflammatory ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... , Scleroderma, Amyloidosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Congenital heart disease ... veno-occlusive disease ... to left heart disease ... , Gaucher disease
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Syphilis, Lyme disease ... , Leprosy • Inflammatory ... , Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Fabry's disease ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Pathophysiology - Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease

#Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Chronic #Kidney #Disease #CKD
Pathogenesis of Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology ... #Chronic #Kidney ... #Disease #CKD
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
deficiency anemia, Chronic ... disease anemia ... myeloma Rouleaux: Chronic ... Multiple myeloma, Chronic ... Inflammatory Diseases
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Non-Malignant • Amyloidosis ... • Gaucher's Disease ... Glycogen Storage Disease ... Sickness Hemolytic Disease ... • Sickle Cell Disease
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Vascular (SDH), Inflammatory ... paraneoplastic syndromes), Inflammatory ... - Systemic: Chronic ... Autoimmune, OSA Chronic ... neurocognitive disease