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Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
Algorithm for the ... of Sickle Cell Crises ... #Hematology #SickleCell ... Manifestations #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia ... of cardiac ischaemia ... factors for cardiac ischaemia ... possible. ❺ If ischaemia ... #Cardiac #Ischemia
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... evaluation or workup ... for specific symptoms ... organ-specific signs ... or symptoms (eg
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... /signs, bidirectional ... • Transient Ischemic ... #Causes
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Anterior ischemic ... Is visual loss caused ... Definition: acute ischemic ... Doppler US : halo sign ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
capillaries leading to ischaemia ... of the baseline anaemia ... deficiency #SickleCell ... Crisis #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
Alzheimer - 1st cause ... - Progressive amnesia ... (parkinsonian signs ... Dementia - 2nd cause ... Unique or multiple ischemic
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia ... Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea, Nausea ... shock, Myocardial ischemia ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #SARSCOV2
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
high WBC count cause ... AKI, acute limb ischemia ... WBC >100k, + lab signs ... TLS #diagnosis #management ... #hematology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
result in severe anemia ... immune hemolytic anemia ... tissue damage from ischemia ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology