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Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Liver Mass - Differential ... Malignant - primary ... CCA, HB - secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... Intestine - Other causes ... - Drugs - Primary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Impaired forward flow ... nephropathy • Secondary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... bypass), LFT (liver ... unclear, or if a primary ... #Workup #hematology
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... R - Primary aldosteronism ... High Al, High R - Secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology ... #causes #low #potassium
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... cholestasis → Cirrhosis/Liver ... or higher • Liver ... bile ducts Differential ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... leakage of RBC's secondary ... /Quantity: • Primary ... : ITP • Secondary ... deficiency • Liver
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
synthesized in: liver ... pain • loss of secondary ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... • Elevation of urinary ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Hypercalcemic states, Primary ... or secondary aldosteronism ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... EPO-independent (primary ... up EPO levels Primary ... levels: realllly low ... #Polycythemia #Differential