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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... - Oncotic • Cirrhosis ... • Meigs' syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #causes
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
noninfectious complications ... Lymphoma or other cancers ... gastric and breast cancer ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... , ↑Tbili/Dbili/AP ... liver transplant center ... Monitor and Treat Complications ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Causes of Monoclonal ... changes (POEMS syndrome ... Liver disease: Cirrhosis ... ovarian tumors, lung cancers ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... with or without cirrhosis ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome ... #treatment #hepatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
activity • ↓ LAP ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... lymphoid organs When Cancer ... Transformation: • Complication