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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... as a clinical prognostic ... of Circulatory System ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... Impaired Clearance: Systemic ... liver Failure, ... Lactic #Acidosis #Differential
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fever is the main clinical ... with leukopenia, anemia ... thrombocytopenia • Liver ... Triglycerides • ↑ Lactate ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Elevated Lactate ... Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... RBCs, muscle, liver ... the serum that has
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... aminotransferase; BMI, body mass ... normalised ratio; LDH, lactate ... #Enzymes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Lives in an old ... Diagnosis? ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... • Symptoms of anemia ... anemia • Cold ... Hyperbilirubinemia • Elevated lactate ... younger pts) Differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... and Clinical Manifestations ... Lactic acidosis may ... GFR • Acute liver
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... Adult hookworms live ... are first-line systemic ... larva #migrans #skinRash ... #photo
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
may take 6 to 8 ... years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... ) • Systemic granulomatous