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Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
) - Causes of Hepatocellular ... skeletal muscle and kidney ... • R value = (ALT ... injury R ≤ 2 ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... skeletal muscle, kidney ... ALP ≥ 2x ULN R Value ... injury >2 ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Sick hypotensive patient. Obscure diagnosis in 2 mins. Notice the portal air
Obscure diagnosis ... in 2 mins. ... ultrasound, reverb in liver ... Venous #Gas #Air #Clinical ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... +preg test. ... (see below for diagnosis ... an IUP or not. #2 ... #clinical #obgyn
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... disease: > 2 ... #differential #diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
• Person who lives ... positive tourniquet test ... and no apparent focus ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Infections 2. ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Myelitis - Clinical ... develops later 2. ... - More than 2/ ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... tests before beginning
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... previously stable values ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #Differential #Diagnosis