Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 β€’ Homogeneous pattern: 
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Nuclear Patterns ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD ... ribaviron combination therapy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Tests - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... dz Cholestatic Pattern ... Ducts - CBD
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal ... - Cholestatic Pattern ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... #differential # ... algorithm
Ulcerative Colitis - Endoscopic Assessment of Disease Activity
UCEIS Score 0, Mayo Score 0 - Normal
UCEIS Score
Mayo Score 0 - Normal ... decreased vascular pattern ... absent vascular pattern ... grading #severity #diagnosis ... UCEIS #scoring #ibd
Platelet disorders and Aggregometry
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 β€’ Defective aggregation to all agonists except ristocetin
 β€’ Normal platelet,
similar aggregation pattern ... cytometry β€” GP Ilb ... agonists β€’ This pattern ... 1 or Type 3) β€” differentiate ... #diagnosis #Aggregometry
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... upper limit of normal ... Necrosis) If mild ... treatment, though therapy
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 β€’ PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 β€’ AMA
Speckled:
 β€’
Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD ... #Cytoplasmic #Patterns ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... PTLD, GVHD or IBD ... Empiric therapy ... #Transplant #diagnosis ... #differential
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... smooth cysts with normal ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... presentations - ILD ... #Diagnosis #differential
Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity - UCEIS
Vascular pattern
   0 = normal - Normal
UCEIS Vascular pattern ... pattern with arborizations ... obliteration of vascular pattern ... loss of vascular pattern ... gastroenterology #scoring #ibd