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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Collagen vascular disease ... Gastrointestinal disease ... • Postcardiac injury ... #Hepatology #causes
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... cells can indicate disease ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... leukemia • Sezary syndrome ... workup #oncology #hematology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff ... Syndrome, Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Alzheimer's ... Disease, Anton's ... Blindness, Psychiatric
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Liver #Injury ... Causes #Acute #algorithm ... #hepatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemia): • Lymphocytes ... extramedullary disease ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... ) - Diagnostic Criteria ... structural kidney injury ... cause of kidney disease ... HRSAKI #HRSNAKI #hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm ... associated autoimmune disease ... of autoimmune disease ... Diagnose PBC if 2/3 criteria ... #hepatology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Biliary Disease ... • Muscular Injury ... - Neurologic/Psychiatric ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Hepatocellular Liver Injury ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease ... HELLP, Celiac disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis