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Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... decision for repeat testing ... alcohol-related liver disease ... #LFTs #Abnormal
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Polyarthritis: • Blood ... : • Complete blood ... (LFTs) and a serum ... (to support a diagnosis ... #workup #diagnosis
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
(LFTs) - Normal ... brain, heart, blood ... hepatocellular injury ... #LFTs #Laboratory ... Interpretation #diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ascariasis, Choledochal cyst ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... intestines, white blood ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... gastric bypass), LFT ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... abnormal in adults • Blood ... Bronchoscopy Laboratory ... #differential #diagnosis
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
indirect Coombs test ... Crossmatch - involves testing ... Related Acute Lung Injury ... false negatives on testing ... #Transfusions #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... quantify renal injury ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... reveals increasing blood
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Related Acute Lung Injury ... develop due to inability ... false negatives on testing ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... #Transfusion #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... removal from the blood ... presentations and disease ... - assess other laboratory ... or diagnostic tests