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Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Intravenous Drug Use • Pregnancy ... Arterial Embolism ... from prosthetic valves ... #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
variant • fetal ... diphosphoglycerate: • pregnancy ... anæmia • arterial ... Dissociation #Curve #Pathophysiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Fatty Liver of Pregnancy ... (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... : • Defect in fetal ... #Fatty #Liver #Pregnancy ... #hepatology #obstetrics
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
via droplets, bacterial ... invade URT & via hematologic ... causes CNS and hematologic ... viremia causes fetal ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
known as: Non-bacterial ... left-sided heart valves ... and likely to embolize ... Marantic #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
• Cardiogenic Embolism ... anti-coagulation • Hematologic ... upstream CRAO -> Arteriole ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... cholestasis of pregnancy ... Hepatic amyloidosis, Bacterial ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
evidence of left atrial ... of the spiral arteries ... weeks 8 and 18 of pregnancy ... pupils Pulmonary Embolism ... multiple smaller emboli