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Pulsatile AAA on Abdominal Exam

A 66-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of abdominal bloating and
Abdominal Exam ... month history of abdominal ... painless pulsatile abdominal ... mass, which CT ... #Abdominal #PhysicalExam
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... - GI tract: abdominal ... < 30 years - Aorta ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... differential #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... • Should be on differential ... de novo between aorta ... • CT findings
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... ab, ANA, C3, C4 ... resolution chest CT
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... : ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... < 30 years • Aorta ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... gut involvement, abdominal
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
Ruptured AAA on ... to diagnose through ... sometimes - MCW EM ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal ... #aneurysm #aorta
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... palpable purpura 2/2 vasculitis ... Other tests: • CT ... seen on chest CT ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA