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Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Ammonia Levels & ... hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known ... #Ammonia #Testing ... HepaticEncephalopathy #TWDFNR #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #EBM
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
Shotgun Laboratory Testing ... hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known ... #TWDFNR #Testing ... #LiverInjury #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Hepatology
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... pathology (low level ... Liver #Enzymes #LFTs ... Transaminitis #diagnosis ... #differential #hepatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
synovial fluid • Gout ... urate crystals (gout ... function tests (LFTs ... (to support a diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Transaminase Levels ... Liver #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologies 
HBsAg - HBcAb (total) - HBcAb (IgM) - HBsAb
Susceptible to HBV
Immune
infection vs "Low level ... Serologies #serology #diagnosis ... #hepatology #interpreation ... #testing #laboratory
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
Diagnosing Vitamin ... Deficiency It turns out ... inadequate to diagnosis ... Folate #Deficiency #Diagnosis ... #Nutrition #Hematology
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Crystal Arthropathy: Gout ... Undifferentiated UCSD ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Pulmonary Function Testing: Flow Volume Loop Patterns
 • Variable extra-thoracic obstruction - truncated or flattened inspiratory
Pulmonary Function Testing ... upward or “scooped out ... upward or “scooped out ... Loops #pulmonary #PFTs ... #patterns #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... Synovial Fluid Testing ... Serum Urate Levels ... • Serum urate level ... #treatment #rheumatology