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Ecchymosis: Bluish discoloration of skin caused by bruising with resultant subcutaneous collection
of blood.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. -
discoloration of skin caused ... collection of blood ... Images #Clinical #Dermatology ... Ecchymosis #Arm #Photo
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
urinalysis, labs - Management ... Glomerular (red blood ... cells/proteinuria ... eosinophils/white blood ... renal biopsy - Management
Janeway Lesions in Endocarditis seen on Physical Exam 

Dr Supradip Ghosh
@dr_supradip

36 year old male with history
Blood cultures growing ... sister shared these photos ... #Endocarditis #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #photo ... #dermatology #soles
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
In this case, arrows ... point to helmet cells ... seen in the left photo ... In the right photo ... Path #BloodSmear #Blood
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
• Peripheral blood ... Eosinophilia, 500-1,500 cells ... for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... by blood cells ... skin that are caused ... Out Secondary Causes ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... Shift K+ into cells ... Monitor K+ and Blood ... #Hyperkalemia #management
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... = funny-shaped cells ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... acute leukemia Management ... #treatment #hematology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
the total white blood ... similarly to mast cells ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #hematology #basophils
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... Algorithm Normal Blood ... Macrocytosis, Target Cells ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology