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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Nephritic syndrome ... glomerulonephritis - Rapidly progressive ... #Classification ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... Recommended Text: Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... and Mimics - Differential ... hemorrhage + rapidly progressive ... Inflammatory Myositis MIMICS ... #Mimics #Differential
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
Classification of ... , Rotor syndrome ... proteins (eg, progressive ... #Jaundice #Classification ... #unconjugated #differential
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
after 65 years - Progressive ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... step-wise decline > progressive ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Subtypes #Classification
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Lead toxicity • Progressive ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Malignancy Rapidly Progressive ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
- ↑ risk of progressive ... defined as nephrotic syndrome ... Albuminuria #Grades #classification ... #CKD #nephrology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Bickerstaff syndrome ... opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome ... encephalomyelitis - Progressive ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... presents with rapidly progressive ... because of molecular mimicry ... of GBS include progressive ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome