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Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Hepatocellular Pattern ... Viral, Ischemia, AIH ... - Viral, AIH ... Alcohol, Viral, HH, AIH ... dz Cholestatic Pattern
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... the nodules are diffuse ... HRCT #CTChest #NodularPattern ... #Nodular #Pattern
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Tuberculosis - Patterns ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... empyema - Air-fluid ... Tuberculosis #TB #Patterns
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... been reported (eg AIH-PBC ... If suspected, AIH ... Autoimmune #Hepatitis #AIH
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... the amount of air ... Consolidation #Patterns
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... Crackles / ↓ Air ... pathology: • Blood: diffuse ... pulmonary edema • Air
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphadenopathy more diffuse ... involvement, irregular pattern ... Responsive to Treatment ... #differential #algorithm
Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) Management Algorithm - Induction and Maintenance
 - AIH
 - AIH with Cirrhosis
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) Management Algorithm ... Maintenance - AIH ... - Acute Severe AIH ... #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment
Diabetic Myonecrosis (Diabetic Muscle Infarction)
 • Spontaneous ischemic necrosis of skeletal muscle (anterior thigh or calf)
pain • Mean AIC ... complications • Common pattern ... weeks with above treatment ... Infarction #diagnosis #management
Severe Asthma Exacerbation
Signs of a Severe Asthma Exacerbation:
 • Vitals: ↑HR ↑RR ↓SpO2
 • High work
sentences • Diffuse ... wheezing OR poor air ... of baseline Treatments ... ventilation #mechanical #management ... #treatment