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Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis ... Hepatocellular: Viral infections ... Hepatic vascular disorder ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... #Injury #Diagnosis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
: Liver Injury ... → liver test abnormalities ... Infections: Hepatitis ... D/E, EBV, CMV, HSV ... Transaminitis #LFTs #hepatitis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Injury: • Infectious ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #injury #hepatitis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... Risks factor for HIV ... K), H. pylori test ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
You’ll notice there is an IgM and an IgG core antibody. The presence of IgM anti-HBc
infection. ... because the two tests ... commonly run in the clinical ... #Diagnosis #HepB ... Antibody #Levels #Serology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... pp65 antigenemia test ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... blindness in AIDS) • Liver ... : Hepatitis, Portal
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Renal Failure • Liver ... • Malignancy Infectious ... • HIV Autoimmune ... Pulmonary Disease Neurologic ... • Somatization Disorder
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Immunodeficiency disorder ... to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... diseases and hepatitis ... Epstein-Barr syndrome, HIV
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
C3, C4 - Test for ... Hepatitis B surface ... antibody, and HIV ... present) - These infections ... testing #workup #diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
IgM) levels • Hepatitis ... : HIV test, a rubella ... profile, including liver ... metabolic or endocrine disorders ... ANA and RF (if clinical