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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Thiamine (B1) Deficiency ... dysfunction - Dietary deficiency ... dysfunction and gait ... ataxia is only ... #Thiamine #B1 #Deficiency
Causes of Neutropenia with Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Sequestration:
 • Splenomegaly
Marrow Infiltration:
 • Hematologic and non-hematologic
Infiltration: • Hematologic ... and non-hematologic ... Myelodysplasia Nutritional deficiency ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Methylmalonic Acid and Homocysteine Levels in Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency
 • B12 Deficiency: MMA elevated,
B12 and Folate Deficiency ... • B12 Deficiency ... elevated • Folate Deficiency ... #MMA #folate #deficiency ... VitaminB12 #diagnosis #hematology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... ataxia - usually ... • Nutritional deficiency ... for nutritional deficiency
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Non malignant hematologic ... states • Non-hematologic ... malignancy • Iron deficiency ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency ... thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency ... of confusion, ataxia ... (broad-based gait ... #B1 #thiamine #deficiency
Approach to Hypoproliferative Macrocytic Anemia

 • 812, Folate Deficiency
 • MDS+
 • Hypothyroid
 • Liver Disease
• 812, Folate Deficiency ... diagnosis #algorithm #hematology
Anemia - Underproduction Diagnostic Algorithm
 - Iron deficiency anemia
 - Anemia of chronic inflammation
 - Anemia
Algorithm - Iron deficiency ... and/or folate deficiency ... Underproduction #Algorithm #hematology
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
• Vitamin K deficiency ... • Factor VII deficiency ... Factor XI, IX, VIII deficiency ... II, fibrinogen deficiency ... Thromboplastin #laboratory #hematology
Iron Panel Interpretation

Iron deficiency - ↓ Iron, ↑-nl Transferrin / TIBC, ↓ Transferrin Saturation,  ↓
Interpretation Iron deficiency ... Ferritin Iron deficiency ... Interpretation #deficiency ... #differential #hematology