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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Elevated Platelet Count ... workup, including BM ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Glucocorticoids, IL-1B, ATRA
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
allopurinol), Infection ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... DAH, rule out infection ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Investigations: full blood count ... investigations depending on clinical ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
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
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... • CD4+ T-cell count ... Leukocyte-lymphocyte subset counts ... Epstein-Barr virus (EBV ... antibody test) Treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia Clinical ... Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... Idiopathic • Infections ... aplastic anemia Treatment ... from low blood counts
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
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... white blood cell count ... epilepticus Treatment