Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 β€’ Ascites
 β€’ Esophageal Varices
 β€’ Hepatic
End Stage Liver Disease ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... β€’ Hepatorenal Syndrom ... Complications #diagnosis ... management #summary #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver disease ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome ... #HPS #hepatology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 β€’ Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 β€’ Hemophilia B -
Malabsorption (e.g ... . celiac disease ... Advanced Liver Disease ... Summary #table #comparison ... #diagnosis #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 β€’ Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Diagnostic Framework ... ) - HELLP syndrome ... Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #anemia
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 β€’ Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... - Diagnosis and ... thrombocythemia), Autoimmune disease ... vonWillebrand #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 β€’ ↑ Creatinine
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... (HRS) - Diagnostic ... cause of kidney disease ... #diagnosis #HRSAKI ... #HRSNAKI #hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic liver disease ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung diseases ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Comparison ... Table #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 β€’ Congestive heart failure
 β€’ Constrictive
- Differential Diagnosis ... Collagen vascular disease ... Gastrointestinal disease ... Effusion #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Hepatology