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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... disease - Post-infectious ... Urinary tract infection
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
Classification of ... , Rotor syndrome ... eg, spirochetal infections ... , infectious mononucleosis ... #Jaundice #Classification
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Portal Hypertension Classification ... Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #Hypertension #Classification ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... acute enteric infection ... functional somatic syndromes ... gastrointestinal infection ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... malignomas, and infectious ... - Sjögren syndrome ... dermatomyositis #Size #Classification
Classification of Gastritis
Non-atrophic: Helicobacter pylori
Atrophic
 • Autoimmune: Autoimmunity
 • Multifocal atrophic: H. pylori, environmental insults
Special forms
Classification of ... , drugs • Non-infectious ... allergies • Other infections ... ) #Gastritis #Classification ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Forrest Classification for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding
Rebleeding risks are without endoscopic intervention
1a - Spurting Bleed - 60-100%
Forrest Classification ... Re-bleeding #Forrest #Classification ... Risks #Grading #gastroenterology ... #EGD #clinical
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
: • Clinical triad ... : HCV infection, ... HBV infection, ... HIV infection ... diagnosis #types #classification
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
IBD Mimics Infectious ... Always RULE OUT infection ... histolytica) Non-Infectious ... Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #gastroenterology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... MRI lesions and clinical