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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Alkaline Phosphatase ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Most common symptoms ... symptoms - Pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Low Alkaline Phosphatase ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms ... of Low Alkaline ... respiratory failure • Neurologic
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Media • Temporal Bone ... symptoms/signs, ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
Weakness, Incr CK • Bone ... Musculoskeletal #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... ; ALT, alanine aminotransferase ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
tear a portion of bone ... lateral hip Signs/Symptoms ... /Complications: ... msk #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
in subchondral bone ... Osteoarthritis #OA #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... /Complications: ... Infertility • Decr Bone ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Paget’s Disease: Complications ... cause excessive bone ... PagetsDisease #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Hypercellular bone ... When present, symptoms ... , signs, and complications ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... • Treatment algorithms