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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Epithelial cell casts ... multiple myeloma) • Urate ... crystals • Calcium ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
American College of Rheumatology Diagnostic Criteria for Gout
Presence of characteristic urate crystals in the joint fluid
characteristic urate ... proven to contain urate ... polarized light microscopy ... the following clinical ... #Rheumatology #ACR
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
synovial fluid • Gout ... polarized light microscopy ... intracellular urate ... crystals (gout) ... ANA and RF (if clinical
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... present in 15% of cases ... periventricular areas ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing