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Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... Approach and Differential ... cirrhosis, malignancy and ... tests: Cell count and ... smear/culture/ADA
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
exercise tolerance, and ... gallop rhythm), and ... peripheral edema, ascites ... , cool and/or mottled ... ACE Inhibitors and
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
ANA (Antinuclear ... Antibody) and ANCA ... • Polymyositis and ... MPO: 75-80% - ANCA ... Jcortesizaguirr #ANA
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Thrombocytopenia and ... Differential Diagnosis and ... function test, ANA
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
abdominal striae) and ... the skin due to an ... 4) Endocrine and ... , moon facies, and ... virilization, and
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and ... An acute rise or ... of hypertension and ... hypertension at an ... dysautonomia, and
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and ... around menopause) and ... hyperactivity and ... within the lungs and ... hypercalcemia, and
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup and
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Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
trypanosomiasis) is an ... Megaesophagus and ... 1) Thin and ... PCR (T. cruzi DNA ... Indeterminate and