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Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
NEJM 1999 - ICU FOCUS ... Surgery Villaneueva ... - Cardiac Surgery ... GIB, and cardiac surgery ... Transfusion #Thresholds #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... Non malignant hematologic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Algorithm for workup of thrombocytopenia based on observation of the peripheral blood film. 
TTP/HUS indicates thrombotic
Algorithm for workup ... thrombocytopenia, Hematology ... 2012, p 193 # ... #Differential #Algorithm
Suggested diagnostic algorithm for neonate with suspected esophageal atresia +/- tracheoesophageal fistula.

Image Source: De Virgilio, C.,
Suggested diagnostic algorithm ... N. (2015). ... Surgery: A case ... #surgery; #pediatricsurgery
Basic algorithm for diagnosis and management of hoarseness

Image Source: Peng  KA , Kim I,
Basic algorithm ... Surgery: A case ... York: Springer; 2015 ... www.amazon.com/Surgery-Case ... otolaryngology ;#surgery
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
optimized before surgery ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... PCI/DES ( Levine 2016 ... since ACS ( Levine 2016 ... stroke ( Doherty 2017
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... bleed, Epistaxis, Surgery ... sprue, IBD, Bypass surgery ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #ferritin #hematology
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bariatric surgery ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Hematology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Provoked (e.g. surgery ... Hypercoagulable #Workup #hematology ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hematology #VTE
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bariatric surgery ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Hematology