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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Symptoms: Fatigue ... quadrant discomfort Signs ... #hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Bone symptoms ... - Drugs - Primary ... biliary Cholangitis ... #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... Alcohol-related liver disease ... biliary cholangitis ... #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... failure PBC Signs ... and Symptoms: ... #Biliary #Cirrhosis ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
JAK2 mutation OR Abnormally ... , signs, and complications ... • Treatment algorithms ... von Willebrand disease ... #hematology
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... and Symptoms: ... Hepatic: PBC (primary ... biliary cholangitis ... #diagnosis #signs
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
The 6 C’s of Primary ... to multi-focal biliary ... colorectal and hepato-biliary ... Care focuses on symptom ... for efficacy is challenged
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
short posterior ciliary ... Doppler US : halo sign ... efficacy of GCs Abnormal ... GiantCellArteritis #GCA #Rheumatology ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... /signs should be ... include extrahepatic biliary ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
variability in disease ... mood - Primary ... treatment goal ... Pathophysiology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Psychiatry