Dr. Jorge Cortés @jcortesizaguirr
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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... ascites, cool and ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and ... cirrhosis, malignancy and ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs ... smear/culture/ADA
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and ... An acute rise or ... hypertension at an ... signs of end-organ ... renal bruit or signs
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
trypanosomiasis) is an ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... PCR + 20-90%, normal ... Megaesophagus and
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and ... hyperactivity and ... hypercalcemia, and ... ), liver (pain/abnormal ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... PT and/or aPTT ... Prolonged PT and ... Jcortesizaguirr #Abnormal
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
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 ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Thrombocytopenia and ... Differential Diagnosis and ... function test, ANA
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup and