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Initial triage of the neutropenic adult - Algorithm for the evaluation and treatment of adult patients
neutropenic adult - Algorithm ... #neutropenia #Algorithm ... workup #diagnosis #hematology ... #biopsy #indications
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
Behcet's disease - APLS ... anticoagulation #hematology ... #differential #algorithm
Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Chronic (>3 months):
 • Extrinsic: Vitamins
 • Intrinsic: Congenital, Inflammatory
Transient:
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-infectious • Medications ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hematology
Polycythemia vera, Essential thrombocythemia, Primary myelofibrosis Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Polycythemia vera → Blood JAK2 mutation screening
myelofibrosis Diagnosis Algorithm ... → Bone marrow biopsy ... cytogenetics #hematology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Inherited and APS ... Inherited and APS ... Hypercoagulable #Workup #hematology ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hematology #VTE
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... → Refer to hematology ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... • Reaction to Medications ... #hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lymphocytes on Biopsy ... Reed-Sternberg Cells on Biopsy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... SLE • CLL • APLA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Suggested algorithm for bone marrow biopsy and skeletal imaging in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
Suggested algorithm ... for bone marrow biopsy ... gammopathy #MGUS #Biopsy ... #algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... INDICATIONS FOR ... consider tissue biopsy ... Eosinophil #Disorders #Algorithm ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology