Dr. Jorge Cortés @jcortesizaguirr
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ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
ANA (Antinuclear ... Antibody) and ANCA ... Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies ... Jcortesizaguirr #ANA ... Antineutrophil #antibodies
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Thrombocytopenia and ... Differential Diagnosis and ... function test, ANA ... anti-phospholipid antibodies
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
of Abnormal PT and ... antiphospholipid antibodies ... Prolonged PT and ... antiphospholipid antibodies
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 ... to detect IgG antibodies
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
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and ... cirrhosis, malignancy and ... tests: Cell count and ... differential, albumin and ... smear/culture/ADA
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
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
exercise tolerance, and ... abdominal bloating, and ... gallop rhythm), and ... ascites, cool and ... ACE Inhibitors and
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup and