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Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... ) Three syndromes ... Elevated Liver tests ... #diagnosis #table
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy
Three syndromes in the critically ill pregnant woman who presents with coagulation defects.
1) HELLP
Pregnancy Three syndromes ... Elevated Liver tests ... TTPHUS #HELLP #AFLP ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #Hematology ... Diagnosis #Comparison #Table
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Budd Chiari syndrome ... initial test: abdominal ... bone pain and ↑ ALP ... express Laboratory tests ... AST, ALT, and/or ALP
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology ... Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome ... LAC) • Sjogren Syndrome ... Autoantibodies #Rheumatology ... #associations #table
Myositis Specific Antibodies (MSAs)

Dermatomyositis: MDA5, TIF1y, NXP2, Mi-2, SAE
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Jo-1, PL7, PL12, EJ, OJ
Immune Mediated
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome ... clinical #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #table
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... • AST/ALT > ALP ... disease - If ALP ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... • Gilbert's syndrome
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... abnormal liver blood tests ... of liver blood tests ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Renal ultrasound, Tests ... sodium loading test ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... Screening #Workup #table
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Anticentromere - CREST syndrome ... La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... Goodpasture's syndrome ... diseases #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #