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Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
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Diagnosis Framework ... 500-1000): • Genetic ... /Metabolic Hepatopathy ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #transaminitis
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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- Differential ... Diagnosis • ... Shock liver • Metabolic ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Hemolysis, NASH, Genetic ... / Metabolic. ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
the face (many differential ... diagnoses, including ... search ANA and aPL ... including in children (pediatric ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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Lymphocytopenia DIAGNOSTIC ... chemotherapy) • Genetic ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #Differential # ... Causes #lymphocytopenia
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... METABOLIC - Electrolyte ... Patients with all ... cardiovascular causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis