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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... → Refer to hematology ... workup, including BM ... Malignancy: Metastatic cancer ... #Algorithm #hematology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... • Infectious: ... C, A, E, B, D, EBV ... Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Cancer ... #algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Infection ... • Epinephrine Cancer ... Polycythemia vera Acute ... #Hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Reactive ... • EBV ... Fatigue • Acute ... #Hematology #Oncology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Algorithm DILI ... Hepatocellular: Viral infections ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... dechallenge • Acute ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #Algorithm #Causes
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
> 20x normal - Acute ... 10-20x normal - Infection ... (EBV/CMV), Alcoholic ... #Injury #hepatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Infections ... Hepatitis A/B/C/D/E, EBV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology #algorithm
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
disease • Liver ... Lymphoma or other cancers ... gastric and breast cancer ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... • Infectious: HAV ... #algorithm #hepatology