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Practical Approach to Grading Diastolic Dysfunction

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Diastolic #Diastology #Dysfunction #Grading #Classification #Grades #Criteria #Algorithm #Assessment
Practical Approach to Grading ... Diastolic Dysfunction ... Diastolic #Diastology #Dysfunction ... #Grading #Classification ... Grades #Criteria #Algorithm
Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... Diastolic Dysfunction ... pressure (LVFP): #Algorithm ... Cardiology #Diagnosis #Grading ... #Classification
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Asplenia/post-splenectomy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hematology
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
ascites albumin gradient ... Late Budd-Chiari syndrome ... ascites #albumin #gradient ... #hepatology #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... HPS-severity classification ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome ... #HPS #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Diagnosis Algorithm
Bubble echo is the first piece of the puzzle. The nail on
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... HPS) Diagnosis Algorithm ... the dx is an A-a gradient ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome ... #hepatology #pulmonary
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... disease Systolic dysfunction ... Diastolic dysfunction ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low Grade - Slow growing ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification ... pathophysiology #Hematology ... #differential #algorithm
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... IL-1 and IL-6, leading ... nervous system (CNS) dysfunction ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Encephalopathy, Cognitive Dysfunction ... inflammation, leading ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology