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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis ... Gastrointestinal #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Acute Pancreatitis vs Chronic Pancreatitis
Causes
Signs & Symptoms
Lipase
Imaging
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications

SCVMC Internal Medicine @SCVMCMed

#Acute #Chronic #Pancreatitis #comparison #diagnosis #table
Acute Pancreatitis ... vs Chronic Pancreatitis ... Causes Signs & ... Diagnosis Treatment Complications ... SCVMCMed #Acute #Chronic
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Look for other signs ... heart due to a chronic ... Consolidation #Differential
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Hyperamylasemia)- Differential ... Pancreatic cancer - Complications ... pancreatitis: eg ... Renal failure / Chronic ... Hyperamylasemia #Differential
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome Signs ... /Symptoms/Complications ... sleep apnea, cor pulmonale ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis ... fever; gallstone pancreatitis ... biliary #diseases #differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... disorders - Chronic ... pulmonary diseases ... • Sepsis Complications ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic ... Nasal polyps and signs ... advanced disease Complications ... • Pulmonary artery ... #differential #
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs ... edema #causes #differential
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
of symptoms or signs ... Infectious Adrenalitis, Pancreatitis ... • Pulmonary: ... AIDS #diagnosis #differential ... #signs #symptoms