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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver disease ... HPS-severity classification ... #HPS #hepatology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome ... deficiency Infections ... • Epstein-Barr virus ... #Hematology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... malignomas, and infectious ... dermatomyositis #Size #Classification ... Vasculitis #Vessels #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Influenza Virus ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... • Sickle Cell disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... - Post-infectious ... #diagnosis #nephrology
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver Disease ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... Complications #diagnosis ... #management #summary ... #hepatology
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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for Differential Diagnosis ... skin neoplasms Infections ... , infectious mononucleosis ... arthritis, Sjögren syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
late adulthood • Diagnosis ... and M panel Management ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
of Myocarditis Infectious ... cruzi (Chagas disease ... ) Non-Infectious ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and less common diseases ... important, as early diagnosis ... • Herpes virus ... Lyme disease ... #differential #diagnosis