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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Post-infectious ... GN, Lupus Acute ... • Toxins • Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS ... #neurology #rheumatology
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 ... of Membranous Lupus ... therapy (MMF plus CNI ... #Membranous #Lupus ... #management #nephrology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... infections result ... Antimicrobial treatment ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
HIV dementia Pathophysiology ... and infects the CNS ... early stages of infection ... mononuclear cells in the CNS ... Treatment: • HAART
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... that results in CNS ... Direct microbial infection ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
nervous system (CNS ... Heart, lung, and kidney ... SJIA], systemic lupus ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
including systemic lupus ... vasculitis - Infectious ... fast bacterial infection ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... Hypoalbuminemia Treatment