12 results
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis ... cell disease Bite ... #Blood #Smear #Analysis ... #hematology #microscopy ... interpretation #clinical
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease (Tick bite ... polyangiitis (GPA)/microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
under polarized microscopy ... immunohistochemical analysis ... well-recognized cause ... treatment are critical ... #amyloidosis #clinical
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Photophobia • Nausea ... hallucinations CSF Analysis ... • Common clinical ... migrans, - Tick bite ... CSF Analysis:
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... signs below the site ... Spastic paresis/paralysis ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... differential #algorithm
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
 •
mmol/L - Consider cause ... Treatment guided by clinical ... Resonium • Consider Dialysis ... Prevention - Consider cause ... Hyperkalemia #management #algorithm
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
relapsing fever caused ... TBRF is caused by ... hemolymph into the bite ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy ... #pathology #clinical
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
amyloidosis • Dialysis-related ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... polarized light microscopy
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... There is a bit more ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical