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Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute ... kidney injury ... , add other BP meds ... • Refractory cases ... #Crisis #rheumatology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... syndrome ("Maltese cross
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks ... rare with ~100 cases ... - Cuteanous: acute ... of renal or hepatic ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
urine called "De Urinis ... • Urinary casts ... used with normal renal ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute Tubular Necrosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Hypertensive crisis ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause ... until cause identified
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
Pyonephrosis with large renal ... calculus on POCUS ... Acute left flank ... pain with nausea ... hydronephrosis #kidney
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
with acute pyelonephritis ... HPI: 1 day of acute ... Diagnosed with acute ... cysts may be a cause ... #POCUS #kidney