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Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... • Scleroderma renal ... crisis • Severe ... anemia" • HELLP ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Normal RBCs • Acute ... Reticulocytosis • Renal ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... excretion • Acute ... • Tumor lysis/hemolysis ... Diagnosis #algorithm #nephrology ... #potassium #differential
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
spherocytosis, Hemolytic ... Malignant tumors, Acute ... • Burr cells - Renal ... key #diagnosis #differential ... #hematology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential ... t-PA, heparin Acute ... CKD Increased Renal ... #phosphate #nephrology
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... (ALL) • Acute ... Leukemia (CML) - Hemolytic ... Anemia - Others ... Sarcoidosis • Hypercalcemia
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... for workup, including ... , Acute hemolysis ... , deficiency anemia ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
anemia Indirect ... WBC count and differential ... the presence of renal ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Cancer Related • Hypercalcemia ... gammopathy of renal ... change disease • Hematologic ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute ... microangiopathic hemolytic ... anemia (MAHA) ... #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis