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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... life-threatening diseases ... asthma in EGPA, tracheal ... Inflammatory eye disease ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Algorithm for the Treatment of Membranous Lupus Nephritis
Sub-nephrotic-range proteinuria (<3.5g/d, normal serum albumin) and Preserved kidney
Algorithm for the Treatment ... 3.5g/d, normal serum ... for worsening disease ... Nephritis #Algorithm #Treatment ... #management #nephrology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Diagnosis and Treatment ... Calculate serum ... Treatment: Treatment ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #management #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... chronic kidney disease ... chronic kidney disease ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
(Goodpasture's Disease ... the following: Serum ... kidney biopsy Treatment ... AntiGBM #diagnosis #nephrology ... #pulmonary
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... sensitivity of serum ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... Sputum / BAL cx, Serum ... Serology, PCR Treatment ... @PulmPEEPs #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hypermagnesemia - Diagnosis and Management

Hypermagnesemia is a serum magnesium concentration > 2.6 mg/dL.
Symptoms include hyporeflexia, hypotension,
Hypermagnesemia is a serum ... antacids, or enemas, Treatment ... insufficiency (Addison's disease ... ) Treatment includes ... Management #magnesium #nephrology
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Collagen vascular disease ... camping) The Disease ... : • Pulmonary ... Culture 3) Ag serum ... /urine Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... prep CSF and serum ... 40% Invasive Disease ... endocarditis Local Disease