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For an elderly patient with multiple comorbidities it can be challenging to determine if their anemia
deficiency as well ... as anemia of chronic ... To you help differentiate ... decide whether a ... #Algorithm #Ferritin
TAILS Mnemonic for - Causes of Microcytic Anemia
(MCV < 80)

T - Thalassemia - Inherited hemoglobinopathies
A -
hemoglobinopathies A ... - Anemia of Chronic ... where the body has ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... M Methanol A ... Renal failure (uremia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... #ABG #bloodgas
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
conditions) • Severe iron ... deficiency anemia ... disorders - Chronic ... pulmonary diseases ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... neutropenia, and iron ... infection) • Chronic ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... endocarditis Local
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Antibiotics such as ... rings of excess iron ... blood count with differential ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
gordonae - 99.9% a ... disease through local ... patients such as ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... NTM #Infections #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Rapid onset of a ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... 100% of cases), anemia ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Patients with Chronic ... primary lesions - differential ... Hematologic pruritus (Iron ... clothing, such as ... Pruritus #Treatment #Algorithm
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
current treatment algorithm ... cardiovascular or pulmonary ... disease tolerate anemia ... toxicity from iron ... #algorithm #hematology