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Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Treatment Algorithm ... Embolism • Provoked ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary ... #Causes #Hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... Better call hematology ... about secondary causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Elevated Hemoglobin:
 • Males: Hb > 16.5 g/dL/HCT ≥ 49%
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Acquired Causes ... Hypoxia-driven: Cardiac/pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hematology
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
situation permits. ❷ Call ... • In obstetrics ... is obstetric, consider ... • Embolism. ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Patient risk stratification algorithm for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis.

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
stratification algorithm ... thrombosis; PE = pulmonary ... embolism; GI = ... Anticoagulation #Management ... #Hematology #Oncology
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... not resolving, call ... o Circulatory embolus ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
• Amiodarone half ... Exclude other causes ... pneumonia - Pulmonary ... embolism - ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
should identify any cause ... not resolving call ... o Circulatory embolism ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
Most cases are related ... JAK2, CALR-calreticulin ... • Treatment algorithms ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology