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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Small vessel vasculitis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds, ... Classification #diagnosis
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious Mono (EBV ... , Vasculitis SCVMC ... SCVMCMed #Fever #Rash
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... tract, and often causes ... Polyarteritis Nodosa: - Kidneys ... mucositis - Rash ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Anti-LKM (liver kidney ... disease c-ANCA - Vasculitis ... granulomatosis p-ANCA - Vasculitis ... Celiac disease Anti-GBM ... Associations #diseases #diagnosis
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lemierre's syndrome ... Brucellosis, Q fever, EBV ... the most common vasculitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... • Limited to Kidney ... involvement: Anti-GBM ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Causes of Pharyngitis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Syphilis • Viral: EBV ... , ANCA vasculitis ... #Causes
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
Approach to Fever and Rash ... - Diagnostic Algorithm ... Parvovirus B19 (PPGSS), Vasculitis ... angiomatosis, Sweet syndrome ... #Febrile #Diagnosis