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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect ... diffusion-perfusion defect ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... • Oxygenation defect ... #hepatology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Effect in Right ... Diagnosis 1. ... #Effect #Right ... echocardiogram #s4c
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
vasoconstricting effect ... endothelin - Effect ... metabolism - Effect ... proliferation - Effect ... #management #hepatology
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
Diagnosis and Management ... function panel, Direct ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #hematology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... effects: Headache ... Differential Diagnosis ... 2 adenoma mass effect ... Pituitary MRI+contrast
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
deficiencies: Contact ... Supratherapeutic warfarin effect ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... hematology #coagulation
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... with visual field defect ... of a headache, normal ... #Diagnosis #Ocular
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
mutations that affect ... are usually near-normal ... PV, MDS, CML) Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology