2207 results
Risk Factors Associated with Visceral Artery Aneurysms 
 - Atherosclerosis 
 - Pregnancy 
 - Portal
hypertension - Liver transplantation ... Aneurysms #Diagnosis #Differential
Timeline of infections after solid organ transplantation can roughly be broken up into three time periods:
after solid organ transplantation ... #Infections #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis

Primary osteoporosis 
 - idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis 
 -  postmenopausal
alcoholism - organ transplantation ... Secondary #Causes #Differential
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
infarction/liver transplantation ... Choledocho-duodenostomy, Liver transplantation ... Portal #Causes #differential
Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant

For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
 - 
Pulmonary
#Diagnosis #Differential ... #StemCell #Transplantation
Causes of Membranous Nephropathy (MN)
Primary (75-80%)
 • PLA2R antigen (70-80%)
 • Thrombospondin (1-5%)
Secondary (20-25%)
 • Infection
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ... #Nephropathy #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Renal failure, Transplantation ... marrow or stem cell transplantation ... Reversible course Differential
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
Like Conditions - Differential ... hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ... #Scleroderma #Differential
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
uropathy, renal transplantation ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Immunosuppression in Transplantation
Induction (I):
 - Basiliximab (Simulect)
 - Alemtuzumab (Campath)
 - Rituximab
 - Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG)
Induction
Immunosuppression in Transplantation ... Immunosuppression #Transplantation