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Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Infectious: HAV ... CA, small cell lung ... Congenital: HELLP • Trauma ... : Shock liver ... Budd-chiari syndrome, Portal
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red Flags: • Fever ... sweats, chills (infection ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Injury: • Infectious ... , CMV, VZV • Trauma ... CA, small cell lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... Opacities: • Infectious ... #CXR #clinical
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... disease • Liver ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Low serum IgG level
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Brucellosis • Liver ... or lung abscess ... #Patterns #Differential ... #Diagnosis #intermittent
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
either made in the liver ... or not by the liver ... sinusoid with (ie Portal ... source: Malignancy, Infection ... (TB), Trauma, Pancreatitis
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... interstitial diffuse infections ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #clinical
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... #Infections #HIV ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential