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Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Elevated Amylase ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... sulindac - Active IBID ... fallopian tube cysts ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Giant AAA on POCUS

Elderly pt with abd/back pain. Stable. Has pulsatile mass on exam spans 12
Elderly pt with abd ... Stable. ... No PMH or prior imaging ... Article has case ... CT Correlate: https
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Imaging ... workup: ANA, RF ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Ascariasis, Choledochal cyst ... specificity to elevated ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... Troponin may be elevated ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table
A blood test and/or 24 hour urine collection for the breakdown product of adrenaline & noradrenaline
will be markedly elevated ... urine testing, imaging ... usually MRI or CT ... In certain cases ... Pheo #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
reaction to an elevated ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... patient before making ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
reaction to an elevated ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... patient before making ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm