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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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renal abnormalities ... often causes arthritis ... - GI tract: abdominal ... purpura: strong sign ... (Renal involvement
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Differential Diagnosis ... signs • Glomerulonephritis ... / Vasculits: ANCA ... , ANA, Anti-GBM, ... biopsy • Abdominal
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis ... polyangiitis without renal ... ANCA+ 30-60% • Renal-limited ... vasculitis - MPO ... Antineutrophil #antibodies #diagnosis
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
basement membrane disease ... hematuria • Signs ... GN or vasculitis ... of glomerular disease ... Renal Causes
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
, Symptoms and Pathophysiology ... postprandial fullness, abdominal ... nonerosive reflux disease ... gastroenterology #symptoms #diagnosis ... #signs
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
85%) - Colicky abdominal ... Intussusception - Renal ... nephritic syndrome, renal ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease - Renal ... ultrasound, Tests ... of renal disease ... ; MRA; abdominal
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... palpable purpura 2/2 vasculitis ... Goodpasture's cause
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... failure PBC Signs ... but elevated as disease ... , IgG4 related disease
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Lung cancer • Renal ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis