8 results
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... sweats, chills (infection ... disease or CHF) ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Ulcerative Colitis • Liver ... Cirrhosis, NASH ... : H pylori, Chronic ... mucosal infections ... Lymphomas, RCC, Lung
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... • Liver diseases ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Malignancies • Chronic
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Anthropometry, CT ... complications of chronic ... liver diseases ... of nutrition in chronic ... liver disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... lung infections ... (elevations of liver ... Imaging, high res CT ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Injury: • Infectious ... CA, small cell lung ... • NASH, Chronic ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Diagnosis Framework Disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mississippi and Ohio River ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases