5 results
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
(COVID19, CMV/EBV ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... infarction, Acute renal ... Electrolytes: hypo- phos, kalemia ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... Anti-ds-DNA, C3/C4 ... Rhabdo-myolysis: CK ... , CK-MB, NT-proBNP
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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DIAGNOSTIC ... CRITERIA FOR ICL ... chemotherapy) • Genetic syndromes ... EBV. CMV. ... #diagnosis #hematology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... : - ANCA-positive ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... ab, ANA, C3, C4 ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... dehydrogenase • Positive ... hemolysis • C3↓ C4 ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... #hematology #diagnosis