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Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
Hypersensitivity Types ... Antigen-antibody complexes ... #Classification ... #Pathophysiology ... #Allergy #Diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... antibodies • Immune-complex ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cause ... homeostasis is complex ... #Algorithm #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology #Chloride
Hypersensitivity: Definitions
 • Type I - Production of lgE Abs that bind to harmless allergens and
cell surfaces causes ... antigen-surface complex ... antibody-antigen complexes ... #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Definitions
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
deposit of immune complexes ... • They can cause ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... Labs/Diagnosis: ... #types #classification
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
space) Immune-Complex ... autoAb against type ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... causes differentiated ... immunofluorescence Immune Complex ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... the patient’s complete ... #causes #typea ... #typeb #classification
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Sympathetic • Complex ... Pain #Mechanisms #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes