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Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... subclinical disease to acute ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... Necrosis) If mild laboratory ... AIH #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... care support, Transfer
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... - assess other laboratory ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... just simply a clinical ... Cardiac cath if acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
polarized light microscopy ... antibodies, which are ... more time for the laboratory ... Screening Tests for Acute ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Laboratory findings ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... symptoms) • Acute ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... presents with an acute ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... diagnosed based on clinical ... normal and can help differentiate
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
monkeypox virus or to differentiate ... present with an acute ... reference level Laboratory ... Although electron microscopy ... #SmallPox #Laboratory
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Humans are definitive ... The acute phase ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear # ... microscopy