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Algorithm for workup of thrombocytopenia based on observation of the peripheral blood film. 
TTP/HUS indicates thrombotic
Algorithm for workup ... of thrombocytopenia ... hemolytic uremic syndrome ... , Hematology 2012 ... , p 193 #Diagnosis
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... #diagnosis #management ... #summary #hepatology
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - ... Differential Diagnosis ... • NAFLD • Cirrhosis ... Function #Tests #LFTs ... #hepatology #transaminitis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... gastric bypass), LFT ... #Causes #Workup ... #hematology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... hypersplenism and related thrombocytopenia ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... #causes #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Etiologies of Cirrhosis ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... disease (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic liver disease ... (cirrhosis or chronic ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... #hepatology
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
Thrombocytopenia ... TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Three syndromes ... AFLP #obstetrics #hematology ... #diagnosis #table
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Diagnosis of ascites ... protein ≤ 2.5 g/dL: Cirrhosis ... , Massive liver ... albumin #gradient #hepatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... sequestration: - Cirrhosis ... #Framework #hematology