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Causes of Thrombocytopenia.
Platelet counts may be depressed because of decreased production or due to increased platelet
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... #Diagnosis #Hematology ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential ... #Causes #Production ... #Destruction
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... Acute biliary obstruction ... Severe #Acute #Causes ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Diagnosis
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... Site of Vascular Obstruction ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... #hepatology
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... determine the cause ... anterior chest wall & abdominal ... physicalexam #diagnosis #hepatology ... #comparison #abdominal
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... #Pain #Differential
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... of Abdominal Pain ... - Intestinal obstruction ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Hernia: External abdominal ... Inflammatory: Intra-abdominal ... #Differential #
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... pulposus, Compression fracture ... • Vascular - abdominal ... #Diagnosis #causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... genitourinary causes ... • Intestinal obstruction ... hernia • Rib fracture ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... Acute biliary obstruction ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology