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Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
C, A, E, B, D, EBV ... Malignancy, 1° PBC ... , 1° PSC, Cystic ... Infectious: Sepsis, Viral ... Causes #Acute #algorithm
A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
systematic four step evaluation ... Diagnosis #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive ... Hypotension #Approach #Algorithm
Algorithm for Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PulmonaryEmbolism #Pulmonary #Embolism #DDimer #CTA
Algorithm for Evaluation ... Embolism #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PulmonaryEmbolism ... #DDimer #CTA #Algorithm
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... disease - Timing: early ... (distal urethra ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... NASH, Chronic viral ... hepatitis: < 1 ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
liver disease algorithm ... consumption influences early ... liver fibrosis evaluation ... γ-glutamyltransferase; HCC ... #ARLD #Hepatitis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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presentation, temporal evolution ... change, seizures, visual ... nearly 100% specific ... gait ataxia, and visual ... effect/Edema • EBV
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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first step in evaluation ... acute HIV, HBV, EBV ... , VZV, hepatitis ... ETOH, autoimmune hepatitis ... , PBC, PSC, Viral
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
muscle involvement/Early ... • Proximal + distal ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... Other Diseases: • PBC ... , autoimmune hepatitis