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Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Liver #Lesions #Hepatic ... Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... table #appearance #hepatology
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
imaging: Normal ... • Histology: Normal-mild ... Disease #Pregnancy #hepatology ... obstetrics #hepatitis #comparison ... #differential #
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
venous gas on hepatic ... reflection on the differential ... of air in the hepatic ... venousgas #ultrasound #hepatology ... #liver #pocus #
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential ... hemoglobin/hemosiderin, Hepatic ... hemosiderin • PT/aPTT normal ... Microangiopathy #TMA #Differential ... Management #Algorithm #hematology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal Venous Phase and Delayed
Dysplastic nodule, Hepatic ... Liver #Lesions #Hepatic ... CT #radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... table #appearance #hepatology
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Hypoaldosteronism (Normal ... Inhibitors - Chronic heparin ... or High Renin, Normal ... Hypoaldosteronism #Differential ... #Aldosterone #Comparison
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites Normal ... Hepatic congestionl ... - Massive hepatic ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology #SAAG
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... Pre-analytical cause (e.g. heparin ... thrombin inhibitors, heparin ... amyloidosis #Abnormal ... #hematology #coagulation
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
) Differential ... bacteremia • Abnormal ... hypotension or septic ... #Bandemia #differential ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... unfractionated heparin ... Jcortesizaguirr #Abnormal ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology #coagulation