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ISTH Scoring System for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Platelet count:
 • Expected: Low (or normal)
 • Elevation
Intravascular Coagulation (DIC ... • Elevated as ... reactant Blood smear ... small vessels #DIC ... Scoring #diagnosis #hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Thrombocytosis - Elevated ... Peripheral Smear ... → Refer to hematology ... for workup, including ... #hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
of Anemia with elevated ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Normal Blood Smear ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
fibrinogen • Elevated ... organ damage Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... - APTT < 1.5 x normal ... treatment #management #hematology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... <45% and SF is normal ... including liver and hematologic ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
weeks • Typical clinical ... Mild jaundice, Elevated ... Syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated ... DIC • Aminotransferases ... Disease #Pregnancy #hepatology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
or slightly elevated ... Peripheral blood smear ... or may not be elevated ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Autoagglutination should also be distinguished from “Rouleaux formation” wherein normal blood tends to form stacks on
formation” wherein normal ... dilution with normal ... #Clinical #Pathology ... #Blood #Smear # ... Rouleaux #Formation #Hematology
Megaloblastic neutrophils in bone marrow.

So-called "giant bands" and "giant metamyelocytes" (blue circles) are 1.5-2 times the
times the size of normal ... neutrophils #BoneMarrow #Smear ... #Hematology #Pathology ... #Clinical