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Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... HELLP - Grafts, Valves ... Drug-associated, PCH ... , Drugs, Liver Disease ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
but elevated as disease ... bile ducts Differential ... , IgG4 related disease ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
fibrosis score with values ... markers such as ELF ... force impulse; ELF ... 4, fibrosis-4; HCC ... Referral #Management #Hepatology
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
an old house & works ... heaped up borders); differential ... University Infectious Diseases ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash #dermatology ... #clinical #photo
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
hallmark for the disease ... If the value is ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... : Arterial (MCC-small ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Donath-Landsteiner Antibodies[PCH ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... that a one-off value ... Better call hematology ... As with many disease ... #hematology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
microbiological techniques Work-up ... antimicrobials, clinical ... exists Infectious Diseases ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... previously stable values ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Renal parenchymal disease