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Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... glucocorticoid treatment
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
decrease in most cases ... the range of Peripheral ... tissue damage from ischemia ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... hypoxia and organ ischemia ... findings, HSM, LN, peripheral ... Check for IF ab Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Digital ischemia ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung periphery ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... formed or don’t work ... bone marrow and peripheral ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... Workup: • Complete
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
characterized by PERIPHERAL ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment