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Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Gilbert's Syndrome ... Dilatation on Ultrasound ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology #bilirubinemia
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... - Water - Pus ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... #differential #diagnosis
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... deficiencies - PNH ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... #hematology #rheumatology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... Extravascular Causes ... ) - HELLP syndrome ... hemoglobinuria (PNH ... #hematology #anemia
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Splenomegaly, Increased PMNs ... Abnormal Abdominal Ultrasound ... #Hematology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... (HRS) - Diagnostic ... , Normal renal ultrasound ... #diagnosis #HRSAKI ... #HRSNAKI #hepatology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... variety of other causes ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... #causes #hepatology
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... coagulation and other causes ... pathophysiology #hematology ... #differential #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... nervous system (CNS ... Non-inflammatory causes ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS