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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
for Celiac Disease ... patients with celiac disease ... Reflects response to treatment ... #Testing #Laboratory ... #Workup #Table
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
disease 24- ... C3, C4 - Test for ... present) - These infections ... #testing #workup ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... allopurinol), Infection ... testing: anti-ANCA ... , biopsy By Tess ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
present on repeat testing ... • Drugs Glomerular ... HSP • Post-infectious ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
. 5) C3, C4 - Test ... present) - These infections ... #glomerular #disease ... #workup #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephrotic
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
abnormalities of selected glomerular ... nephropathy • Post-infectious ... polyangiitis #glomerular ... #diseases #nephrology ... pathology #comparison #table
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... procedures - Infection ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... K), H. pylori test ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Pylori (H. pylori) Infection ... / Peptic Ulcer Disease ... hold 2w before testing ... Ag, Urea Breath Test ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Basement Membrane Disease ... (Goodpasture's Disease ... kidney biopsy Treatment ... -3 weeks By Tess ... AntiGBM #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
positional vertigo (BPPV ... history of viral infection ... Méniére's disease ... Disease onset usually ... differential #diagnosis #neurology