21 results
Hepatitis B Virus Serology and Interpretation
HBsAg - Anti-HBs - Anti-HBc - HBeAg - Anti-HBe
 - Acute
Hepatitis B Virus ... Anti-HBe - Acute hepatitis ... B - Chronic hepatitis ... Interpretation #diagnosis #laboratory ... #hepatology
Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologies 
HBsAg - HBcAb (total) - HBcAb (IgM) - HBsAb
Susceptible to HBV
Immune
Interpretation of Hepatitis ... BrighamChiefs #HepatitisB ... serology #diagnosis #hepatology ... interpreation #testing #laboratory
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Injury - Ichemic hepatitis ... injury - Viral Hepatitis ... - Autoimmune hepatitis ... -1 antitrypsin deficiency ... #Differential #Hepatology
Iron Panel Interpretation

Iron deficiency - ↓ Iron, ↑-nl Transferrin / TIBC, ↓ Transferrin Saturation,  ↓
Interpretation Iron deficiency ... Ferritin Iron deficiency ... Interpretation #deficiency ... #differential #hematology ... #laboratory
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
• Vitamin K deficiency ... • Factor VII deficiency ... II, fibrinogen deficiency ... Thromboplastin #laboratory ... #hematology #diagnosis
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Possible ischemic hepatitis ... I antitrypsin deficiency ... Presence of atypical laboratory ... #AH #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... α1-antitrypsin deficiency ... #Differential #Hepatology
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
of Autoimmune Hepatitis ... Possible ischemic hepatitis ... 1 antitrypsin deficiency ... Presence of atypical laboratory ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Hemophilia A - Deficiency ... Hemophilia B - Deficiency ... Alcohol, Viral hepatitis ... comparison #diagnosis #hematology ... #deficiency
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
clotting factor deficiency ... Patient has a factor deficiency ... Study #diagnosis #hematology ... pathophysiology #hematology ... #laboratory