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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... - Differential ... : Hantavirus infection ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... #Mimics #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... sputum, PCP DFA ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant

For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
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Pulmonary
infections - Pulmonary ... - Engraftment syndrome ... engraftment): - Infectious ... mycobacteria, and fungal- PCP ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Acute: - Primary Neurologic ... demyelination), Infectious ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential ... nodosa, SLE • Infectious ... Neurosyphilis, PML ... Demyelinating #Diseases #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... brain injury • Infectious ... Neurocysticercosis, PML ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
transporter Bartter syndrome ... limb Gitelman syndrome ... tubule Liddle syndrome ... Defects #Kidney #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... myelodysplastic syndrome ... immunofluorescence, PCR ... ComputedTomography #Differential
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting, NGT
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... , Gitelman Syndrome ... , Liddle syndrome ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology