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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... disease #Chronic
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... clinical symptoms/signs ... evaluation of the pattern ... #Differential #
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... CA, small cell lung ... function may be abnormal ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
which part is abnormal ... lung - Normal lung ... due to chronic ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Attenuation #Differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Brucellosis • Liver ... or lung abscess ... #Differential #
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... disease • Liver ... - gastric and breast ... Malignancies • Chronic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... • CT: Halo sign ... Exam: Can be normal ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... heart (2-5%), liver ... (pain/abnormal ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs