9 results
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Clinical diagnosis ... (AH) • Onset ... atypical laboratory tests ... #Hepatitis #AH ... #hepatology #criteria
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... diseases and hepatitis ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
IgM) levels • Hepatitis ... (to support a diagnosis ... arthritis) • Hepatitis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
of age • Most common ... association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... (Clinical Dx). ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
• Heavy-chain (AH ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... nephropathy is common
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... • Dyspnea - Common ... 10 minutes of rest ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Mortality due to CVD ... GH stimulates liver ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... glucose suppression test
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... severe alcoholic hepatitis ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome ... #Hepatology #Nephrology
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
chondritis is the most common ... clinical manifestation ... SLE • RA - Most common ... : • Clinical tests ... #diagnosis #management