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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
approach to the differential ... Treatment: Treatment ... demyelination syndrome ... in 100 mL boluses ... #Differential #
Goals and limits for treatment of Hyponatremia Stratified by duration and risk of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome
and limits for treatment ... of Hyponatremia ... Demyelination Syndrome ... Acute Hypotonic Hyponatremia ... Demyelination #Syndrome
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... → Refer to hematology ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... - Causes and Treatment ... transformation (CML ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Treatment
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... myeloid leukemia (CML ... Thrombocytosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
) Low MCV - <80fL ... anemia" High MCV ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
5000 to 10,000 ng/mL ... • Hyponatremia ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... vonWillebrand #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #hematology #differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
change disease • Hematologic ... malignancies Treatment ... Capillary leak syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework HEMATOLOGIC ... Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... coma SIADH: • Hyponatremia ... emergencies #oncology #differential