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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Elevated Platelet Count ... - Differential Diagnosis ... workup, including BM ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Glucocorticoids, IL-1B, ATRA
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... : Influenza, EBV ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... white blood cell count ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... +++: Virus (EBV, ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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when the CD4-cell count ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... recovery (CD4-cell count ... effect/Edema • EBV
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood count ... investigations depending on clinical ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... suggests calculi/infection ... #EM #IM #Urology ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... When do you do a BM ... #Differential #Diagnosis
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
biomarker the clinical ... Serial normal CRPs ... demonstrates a poor diagnostic ... guide intial treatment ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
- Differential Diagnosis ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm