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Tumor Lysis Syndrome - Workup and Management

Initial workup: BMP, Serum uric acid, LDH, Urine output, Consider
Lysis Syndrome - Workup ... Management Initial workup ... Treatment of Clinical TLS ... MatthewHoMD #TLS
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Consciousness - Workup ... Non-Focal • Refer to Blood ... Work and Imaging ... #algorithm #Causes
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... Deep coma (any cause ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... Hyperreflexia #Testing #Causes
A Pediculus humanus (louse) nymph. 
Specimen was alive and in the video you can actually see
actually see the blood ... meal being worked ... PhD, D(ABMM), MLS
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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood ... P. falciparum causes ... human malaria cases ... P.f. but rare in blood ... PhD, D(ABMM), MLS
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Cardiovascular Causes ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Water - Pus - Blood ... syndrome Other Causes ... Guillain Barre - ALS
Babesia spp. on Peripheral Blood Smear Microscopy
 - Multiple small parasites per RBC
 - "maltese cross"
on Peripheral Blood ... PhD, D(ABMM), MLS ... microbiology #peripheral #blood
Tumor lysis syndrome refers to the constellation of metabolic disturbances that occurs when large numbers of
#Presentation #TLS ... #Workup #tumorlysissyndome
Hypocalcemia - Workup Algorithm

Dr Nikhil Lohiya - NEPHKIDS 2020 @NEPHKIDS1

#Hypocalcemia #Workup #Algorithm #differential #diagnosis #endocrinology #causes
Hypocalcemia - Workup ... Algorithm Dr ... #Hypocalcemia #Workup ... #Algorithm #differential ... endocrinology #causes
Approach to determining the cause of a blood clot
1) Is it acquired?
2) Should you consider inheritable
determining the cause ... of a blood clot ... consider inheritable causes ... VTE #diagnosis #causes ... #workup #thrombophilia