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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... Demyelinating syndromes ... Abdominal pain (20%) Renal ... #SLE #systemic ... erythematosus #signs
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
of Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute Kidney Injury ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Drugs • Emboli Systemic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... clinical context and signs ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
of Acute Kidney Injury ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Secondary GNs: Due to systemic ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
Abnormality • SLE ... discoloration) • Chronic renal ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #Secondary #dermatology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Peripheral Nervous System ... • Complex regional ... pain syndrome ... • Spinal injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... to local skin injury ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... • Arthritis: SLE ... diagnosis #management #signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
inflammation Others: • Lupus ... • Cogan Syndrome ... lupus erythematosus ... purpura: strong sign ... vasculitis, and SLE
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Behcet disease - SLE ... , Scleroderma, Systemic ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... differential #algorithm
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
rendering the immune system ... non-Hodgkin lymphoma SLL ... Physical Exam/Signs ... ’s CLL Scoring system ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup