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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
) HPS-differential ... 2. ... Patients with liver ... Alveolar-arterial ... #hepatology #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect in arterial ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Clinical Presentation ... cycles after right atrial ... passage • Arterial
Cryoglobulinemia Classification Types

Type 1: Monoclonal IgM (rarely IgG/lgA)
 • Raynaud phenomenon, Digital ulcers/gangrene, Livedo reticularis, Hyperviscosity
Types Type 1: ... • Meltzer's triad ... , weakness • Liver ... peripheral neuopathy, pulmonary ... Classification #Types #hematology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Diagnosis Framework 1) ... - MAHA: TTP, HUS ... Pre-eclampsia 2) ... Defects, Drugs, Liver ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... 1. ... Pulmonary arterial ... arterial hypertension ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
arterial hypertension ... thromboembolism) 1) ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... ventricular septum 2) ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... shred sign Rt Zone 1. ... #clinical #ultrasound
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV 1) ... simplex virus 1 ... and 2 • Varicella-zoster ... Meningoencephalitis: • 2 ... • Common clinical
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
common in APL (2- ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... symptoms, or> 1 ... initiation • Differential ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Into Two Types: 1. ... Primary (essential) 2. ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... including retinal arterial ... #hematology