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High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart ... Acquired (e.g., iHD) Cirrhosis ... Metabolism Severe Anemia ... Diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chronic Infection) High ... #MCV #Classification ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Hyperdynamic circulation/High ... Beriberi - Cirrhosis ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... 65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... : • T lymphocyte ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... bile ducts Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... iron deficiency anemia ... - Obesity - Cirrhosis ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
) Classification ... - WBC may be high ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... number of sites of disease ... #classification
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
glands: • Focal lymphocytic ... TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... hepatitis, primary biliary ... cirrhosis: 3%-20% ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High ... #Potassium #Classification ... #Causes
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
complements and a high ... Classification: ... permanent alopecia Differential ... • Type-I Interferonopathies ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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: Cirrhosis, ETOH ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... Comment on type ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology