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Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Patients with Chronic Liver ... Disease Choosing ... #Ammonia #Testing ... HepaticEncephalopathy #TWDFNR #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #EBM
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Diagnosis Solid ... : • Benign: Hepatic ... disease, Biliary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology #Radiology
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
Laboratory Findings in Hepatic ... disease, ALT and ... deficiency - Anemia ... #Hepatology #Laboratory ... #Diagnosis #Testing
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... Acute sickle cell hepatic ... hepatomegaly and anemia ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... disease, decrease ... changes), high MCV anemia ... disease), HBsAg
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Hemolytic anemia ... deficiency • Liver ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hematology #rheumatology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... elevated, HFE gene testing ... disease. ... and hematologic ... hemochromatosis; HIC, hepatic
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 ... thickening, distal to elbows ... pericarditis • Hepatic ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #testing
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
cholestasis → Cirrhosis/Liver ... Proximal limb muscle wasting ... or higher • Liver ... malignancies, Hepatic ... #workup #hepatology
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acquired: • Heparin ... fibrinogen levels, and testing ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Hematology