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Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
symptoms/signs ... Areas of diagnostic ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... nose, ears, or fingers ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold # ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
Signs and Symptoms ... is present Diagnosis ... Clinical exam ... products) Blood tests ... suspected) Treatment
Flexor Tenosynovitis on POCUS

Which of the following diagnoses does this clip best support?
Resolution: flexor tenosynovitis (majority
the following diagnoses ... does this clip best ... Tenosynovitis #POCUS #MSK ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Finger
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
neuropsychiatric symptoms ... Constipation, Alcohol binge ... Malnutrition, TIPS West ... #Management #treatment ... #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... - Symptoms of ... upper limit of normal ... regarding need for treatment ... #Management #Hepatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... level • A low or normal ... A. flavus, A. niger ... scalp, vagina, fingers
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... and treatment of ... suspected HH based on symptoms ... initial screening test ... #management #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... 10 minutes of rest ... resolution of symptoms ... #management #treatment ... #hepatology