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Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Jaundice - Differential ... Uptake • Sepsis ... #Jaundice #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology #bilirubinemia
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... thrombosis due to sepsis ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
history of trauma, sepsis ... Treat primary cause ... 100mg/dL) - Heparin ... #diagnosis #causes ... treatment #management #hematology
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... distributive (septic ... for example, in sepsis ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential ... #Classification
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... of air in the hepatic ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... variety of other causes ... venousgas #ultrasound #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... • Infectious: Sepsis ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... Vasodilation) - Septic ... exacerbation (any cause ... #Table #CriticalCare
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... (e.g. heparin contamination ... thrombin inhibitors, heparin ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... unfractionated heparin ... e.g. heparin ... #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... vascular disorders, coagulation ... Cholesterol emboli • Septic ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology