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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary ... HPS-differential ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver disease ... classification #Hepatopulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
Hepatopulmonary ... Patients with liver disease ... vasodilatation HPS ... mmHg • Severe HPS ... #Hepatopulmonary
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver Disease ... Carcinoma (HCC) • Hepatopulmonary ... Syndrome (HPS)
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary ... intrinsic lung disease ... ) on room air Treatment ... LizzieAbyMD #hepatopulmonary ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Vertebral Body Abnormalities

A sheet of common (and uncommon) vertebral body findings, because a completely “normal” spine
Hemivertebra Scheuermann Disease ... Hyperparathyroidism Paget Disease ... Enostosis Vertebra Plana ... Diagnosis #Vertebrae #diseases ... #differential
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
    -
Activation: Liver disease ... , Kidney Disease ... - Autoimmune: APS ... endocrinology #differential
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
Known Cause - Differential ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... Connective Tissue Disease ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... interstitial #lung #disease
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Pulmonary AVMs, Hepatopulmonary ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... , Interstitial Disease ... Interstitial Lung Disease ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential ... Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... Band Friction, Plantar ... Intraarticular #MSK #Differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... fraction < 20% Differential ... cancers • Systemic diseases ... autoinflammatory diseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment