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Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Benign - Infectious ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
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 ... #hepatology #algorithm ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... • Infectious: ... C, A, E, B, D, EBV ... #algorithm #hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
10-20x normal - Infection ... (EBV/CMV), Alcoholic ... #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... Algorithm Severe ... • Others #LFTs ... #Hepatology #LiverEnzymes ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Algorithm Low ... Inflammation, Chronic Infection ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Blood saves lives ... unnecessary and cause ... ALI is the deadliest ... /vmoitra) #EBM ... Transfusion #Thresholds #Hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... Algorithm Reactive ... • EBV ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... gastric bypass), LFT ... When do you do a BM ... #hematology
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Infectious ... Bacterial • Viral (EBV ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology