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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... not required in all ... #Causes #Workup ... #hematology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... doi: 10.1111/all ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Acromegaly #Secondary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Workup #table
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
urgent referral to secondary ... or referral to secondary ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... but elevated as disease ... obstruction • ALP ... #workup #hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hepatology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Most cases diagnosed ... pain • loss of secondary ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Generalized Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic and Primary Causes ... Liver Function Tests ... Pruritus #primary #secondary ... #Algorithm #causes
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
contagious of all ... stages of this disease ... resembling rashes caused ... #Rash #Diagnosis ... Clinical #Photo #Dermatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Better call hematology ... As with many disease ... Best to have an ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology