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Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
Suggested diagnostic approach ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Approach to Thrombocytosis ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... hematology for workup ... hemolysis, deficiency ... anemia, Rebound
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation ... Negative, ruling out ... anemia Indirect ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Leukemia (CML) - Hemolytic ... Anemia - Others ... • Alcohol #gout ... endocrinology #causes
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
our patient's out ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... during clinical evaluations ... blood loss or acute ... pathophysiology #differential