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Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... Supportive with treatment ... liver failure ... #SickleCell #Disease ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... Complications #diagnosis #management ... #summary #hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... months without treatment ... disease, liver ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... gastroenterology #management
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Acute disseminated ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... #neurology #inflammatory
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... • Hematologic ... malignancies Treatment ... Classification #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... ) • Liver failure ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... • Glomerular disease ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Illness Script Signs ... if neutropenic fever ... progress to MDS or acute ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... , Celiac Disease ... , Infiltrative Disease ... #algorithm #hepatology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... weakness and #Acute ... pathophysiology #signs ... #orthopedics #neurology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... • Nonmalignant hematologic ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome