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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... between aorta and SMA ... #Hematuria #Differential
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Anti-mitochondrial (AMA ... (Diffuse) Anti-Sm ... - SLE Anti-SSA ... Endomyseal antibody (EMA
Thrombotic Microangiopathies - Primary Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Microangiopathy (TMA ... ) - Differential ... - Drug-induced TMA ... Microangiopathy #TMA ... #hematology #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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UCTD - Smith, Sm ... /RNP, Scl-70, SSA ... -52 (Ro52), SSA- ... • Reticular/AMA ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential
Wall Motion Abnormalities!

1. Hypokinesis = ↓ Squeeze
2. Akinesis = No Squeeze
3. Dyskinesis = Outward Bulging

Sam Ghali,
Outward Bulging Sam ... twitter.com/EM_RESUS #WMA
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
Microangiopathy (TMA ... ) - Differential ... Algorithm Suspected TMA ... Microangiopathy #TMA ... #Differential #
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... microangiopathies (TMA ... Complement-mediated TMA ... (DITMA) - TMA ... #schistocytes #differential
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Set mA to 70 (estimate ... : 1 mA/kg). 5. ... Increase by 5mA/ ... (usually 5-10 mA ... bradycardia #diagnosis #differential
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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60-70% - Anti-SSA ... 15-30% - Anti-Sm ... (aPL) 30-45% Differential ... symptoms #mimickers #differential
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TMAs
1. Not all MAHAs are due to TMAs but (almost) all TMAs cause
TMA is a triad of ... and secondary TMA ... Primary TMA is due ... drug-associated TMA ... TTP is only TMA