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Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Quadrant Pain Liver ... hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications ... "biliary colic") ... #RUQ #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... duration), Several medications ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... tox) Search for alternative ... causes • Hepatocellular
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Electrolyte abnormalities ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
unresponsive to treatment ... • Elevated liver ... without discernable cause ... microscopic colitis Differential ... Autoimmune • CVID • Medications
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
Liver Abscess • ... the bacterial cases ... organisms: E. coli ... cornerstones of treatment ... of ABX therapy Indications
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... - HIV/HAART medications ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Coli - P. ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
do not require treatment ... deficiency of iron, folic ... immunodeficiency, is caused ... require biopsy to differentiate ... diagnosis of tongue abnormalities
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
heart failure, liver ... Kidney stones caused ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Pharmacology #Medications ... #Table
Anosmia Causes - Principal Etiologies of Olfactory Dysfunction
For olfactory disorders (and for most taste problems), the
Anosmia Causes - ... improve after treatment ... or neurologic abnormalities ... A medication history ... disorders #Diagnosis #Differential