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Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Differential Diagnosis Summary
Innate Immunity:
 • Neutropenia
 • Phagocytic Deficiencies
 • Complement
- Differential Diagnosis ... Immunity (T-Cells ... Humoral Immunity (B cells ... Allogeneic Stem Cell ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
antibodies bind to mast cells ... activation and cell ... natural killer cells ... - Red blood cell ... Pathophysiology #Allergy #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Transcellular Shift Into Cells ... - Increased Cell ... imports K+ into cells ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
• Epithelial cells ... Renal tubular cells ... Dysmorphic red cells ... casts - Diagnostic ... Microscopy #Atlas #key #diagnosis
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... transfusion • Target cells ... anemia • Sickle cells ... - Sickle cell anemia ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
Findings in Red Blood Cells ... blue dots in red cells ... Bite cells: sharp ... - Red cells with ... #Morphologic #Diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... History • Bite cells ... Deficiency • Sickle cells ... DAT (-) → Sickle Cell ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
and Differential Diagnosis ... CD10 - T-cell ... or λ), Smudge Cells ... - B-cell ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... Volume depletion - Diagnosis ... Glomerular (red blood cells ... eosinophils/white blood cell ... (renal tubular cell
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
lymphocytes/Mature B cell ... Skin: - CLL cells ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... or basket cells ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #diagnosis