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Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
Severe Acute Livery Injury ... #LiverInjury #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Hepatology ... #EBM #ChoosingWisely
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver Injury ... normal - Infection (EBV ... Patterns #Liver #Injury ... #hepatology #LFTs ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious • EBV ... Tuberculosis • Hepatitis ... Biopsy • Hodgkin's ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Immunosuppression (e.g., HIV), EBV ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Other hematologic ... comparison #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... C, A, E, B, D, EBV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Infections: Hepatitis ... A/B/C/D/E, EBV, ... #hepatology #algorithm ... Transaminitis #LFTs #hepatitis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• History of EBV ... supraclavicular node • Anterior ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... #lymphoma #diagnosis ... classification #hematology
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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- Differential Diagnosis ... HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... Transaminases #hepatitis ... #causes #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hepatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Ferritin >1000 ng ... Infections+++: Virus (EBV ... Hemopathies+++: Hodgkin ... biologics (CMV +++, EBV ... of emergency, ICU