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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM ... antibodies • ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Differential Diagnosis ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... , ANA, Anti-GBM, ... Anti-ds-DNA, C3 ... #nephrology #causes
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
: • Anti-GBM antibodies ... kidney biopsy Treatment ... weeks By Tess Litchman ... #Goodpastures #AntiGBM ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
- but 5% have anti—muscle-specific ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #management #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... EGPA) • Auto-antibodies ... Anti-GBM antibody ... usually low in anti-GBM ... #management #treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Pediculus humanus, AKA ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... convalescent antibodies ... or PenG 800K U IM ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
mimicry or super-antigen ... levels • NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4 ... AntiCRMP IgG, Anti-Hu ... Antiamphiphysin antibodies ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment