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Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include : ... Pre-analytical cause ... Drugs: Direct or ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... - Differential ... , cocaine) • Direct ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Abdominal Pain - Differential ... narrow down your differential ... in turn, helps direct ... extra-abdominal causes ... #Localization #Causes
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
protein should direct ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... with ascites, the differential ... This differential
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential ... non-ICU vs ICU causes ... Hyperbilirubinemia #direct ... #bilirubin #Differential
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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haptoglobin ↑ indirect ... autoantibodies: positive direct ... • Blood smear: Differential ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
diagnosis with direct ... Management #Nephrology #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... Radiation Injury, Direct ... Pericardial #Effusion #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... Direct Xa inhibitors ... Pre-analytical cause ... Direct or indirect ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Urticaria

Immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated

 - Aeroallergens

 - Contact allergen

 - Food allergens

 - Insect
Causes of Urticaria ... Medications (direct ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Mediated #NonIgE #Causes