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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
) - Summary PBC ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... Signs and Symptoms ... cholangitis, IgG4 related ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors ... , Tachycardia, Dilated ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors ... Psychiatry #Diagnosis #Signs
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ... , Tachycardia, Dilated ... Dizziness - Nausea ... SSRIs #Serotonin #Inhibitors ... Psychiatry #Diagnosis #Signs
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... • Alloimmune delayed ... elliptocytosis - RBC ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... pancreatitis, PSC ... Biliary #Dilatation #causes ... differential #diagnosis #hepatology ... gastroenterology #dilated
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Bile Ducts • PSC ... Congenital US - Dilated ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
significant portal HTN Signs ... hypersplenism and related ... obstruction) • Lack of signs ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac causes ... #hepatology
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
blasts and high WBC ... count cause hyperviscosity ... • Lab values: WBC ... >100k, + lab signs ... diagnosis #management #hematology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
tests to detect an inhibitor ... decrease in most cases ... from ischemia WBC ... hematuria (without casts ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... m/s • Other signs ... Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors ... - Mechanism: causes ... diagnosis #management #hepatology