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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
urinary sediment, renal ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... HIV serology, renal ... eosinophiluria, renal ... markers • Cardio-renal
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
pulmonary and renal ... tract, and often causes ... mucositis - Rash ... Large Vessel: Blood ... • Urinalysis (Renal
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... endothelial lining of blood ... periumbilical region), nausea ... Intussusception - Renal ... nephritic syndrome, renal
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
109 mm Hg) with clinical ... eg, presence of renal ... : Renal artery stenosis ... Coarctation of aorta, Vasculitis ... Renal parenchymal
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... , Vasculitis, Purpura ... Abdominal pain (20%) Renal ... Glomerulonephritis Myositis(5%) Blood
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
Management Summary CLINICAL ... • Often severe renal ... Leukocyturia • Vasculitic ... rash not uncommon ... available • Renal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... pulmonary and renal ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... , mucositis • Rash ... tract, and often causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... depressed) • Renal ... vomiting/diarrhea), renal ... O2 delivery • PE ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... depressed) • Renal ... vomiting/diarrhea), renal ... O2 delivery • PE ... #differential #causes
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... PRES-Associated Clinical ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... elevated white blood ... the underlying cause