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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach ... Blood Loss ... • Acute Bleed - ... RBCs on Smear • Chronic ... #Causes #Hematology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Red Flags: • Fever ... the patient • Blood ... Rib fracture • Shingles ... #Chronic #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... • Rheumatic fever ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... -> AML: Blast crises ... , fever, joint pain ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... rheumatic fever ... • Chronic - Think ... Like in this case ... #rheumatology #
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Washed RBC • Single ... - Acute Hemolytic ... S/sx: Fever, flank ... Causes purpura & ... Transfusion Related Acute
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... Blood (platelets ... weeks incubation Acute ... mild (malaise, fever ... Tests - check Acute