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Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Peripheral ... for workup, including ... Glucocorticoids, IL-1B, ATRA ... #Algorithm #hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... variants of both • Acral ... Findings in DIC: • Platelet ... Schistocytes, helmet cells ... #Coagulation #diagnosis
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Plan admission to critical ... INVESTIGATIONS Arterial ... cryoprecipitate, platelets ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APLS) Testing - Hypercoagulable Workup Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Vascular thrombosis
Hypercoagulable Workup ... - 1 or more clinical ... episodes of arterial ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #hematology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... SPB - commonly axial ... Diagnosis? ... EMD myeloma Diagnostic ... #Workup #Hematology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
median age at diagnosis ... with repeated red cell ... neutrophils or platelets ... trial enrollment ... #algorithm #hematology