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Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
- Budd-Chiari syndrome ... - Veno-occlusive ... Portal vein occlusion ... - Nephrotic syndrome ... SAAG < 1.1 g/dL) Infections
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... veno-occlusive ... pulmonary disease ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
: • Vascular occlusion ... SLE) - Viral infections ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... APLS • Acute Infectious ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... Collagen vascular disease ... Gastrointestinal disease ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Malignancy • Infections ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... and/or venous occlusions ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #hematology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Disease • ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... Veno-Occlusive ... Disease #RHF
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Diagnosis, causes and management ... cryoglobulinemia vasculitis Clinical ... with refractory disease ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis #Management
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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Clinical Triad ... retinal artery occlusion ... - Recurrent disease ... Triad #Diagnosis #Management ... #Rheumatology