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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... • Mechanism: ischemic ... Generally affects long bones ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
from Myocardial Ischemia ... from myocardial ischemia ... life-threatening causes ... #Presentation #comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
high WBC count cause ... visual changes, stroke ... AKI, acute limb ischemia ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Related conditions: Stroke ... limb and bowel ischemia ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #hematology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... CPAP if they have one ... post op Cardiology ... • <6mo since stroke ... HgbA1c - if not done
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... There is no “one
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... There is no “one