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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect in arterial ... lung disease Caused ... cycles after right atrial ... passage • Arterial ... #hepatology
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
arterial hypertension ... other obvious causes ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
for workup, including ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Glucocorticoids, IL-1B, ATRA ... infections, TB, Acute bacterial
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... treatment Pathophysiology ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... Renal Failure Treatment ... fluid overload, PCC
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Goodpasture's cause ... blood retum in serial ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... mycobacteria Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome ... ’s • Reduced Arterial
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

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

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... including retinal arterial ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... to medium-sized arteries ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... Antibiotics (Bactrim, PCN ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
decade → peripheral/acral ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Diagnosis and Workup ... or refractory cases ... Endocrinology #Treatment