5 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 ... hemolytic anemia (e.g ... #Blood #Smear # ... #microscopy #interpretation
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... plateletcount), peripheral ... blood smear, HIV ... function test, ANA (e.g ... dysplasia on the smear
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
than one cause (e.g ... wave (LR 5.3), peripheral ... Ascitic Fluid Analysis ... perforation), TB smear ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Smear: • Dysplastic ... appear normal, but analysis ... Workup: • Complete ... blood smear
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Lesions Of The Peripheral ... syndrome - Tick-paralysis ... dystrophies Work ... electromyographic (EMG