19 results
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
of Pregnancy (AFLP ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... iMedEducation #AFLP
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Diagnosis and Management ... Abdominal pain; ... T. whipplei tests ... T. whipplei test ... diagnosis #algorithm #management
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... and a palpable abdominal ... initial test: abdominal ... express Laboratory tests ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Diagnosis and Management ... Rash, Vomiting, Positive ... Tourniquet test ... , Abdominal pain ... Fever #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... conditions (supine position
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
patient is in the knee-to-chest ... position or in ... prone (face down) position ... nerve entrapment - Positive ... #Pain #differential
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Idiopathic JAK-2 Positive ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Ultrasound High ... Erythrocytosis #Differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... of liver blood tests ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... - RUQ ultrasound ... Liver function test ... balance >3-4 liters positive ... increase the risk of abdominal
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Skin lesions • Positive ... pathergy test ( ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management