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Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
DDX: Rule Out Secondary ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... marrow studies Treatment ... (examples: ATG
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Malignancies: Secondary ... , Busulfan • Disease ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... diagnosis #kidney #blood ... #nephrology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Base Disorders - Blood ... ABG And BMP Normal ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... restrictive lung disease ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Compartment syndrome ... UA positive for blood ... kidney tubular cells ... disease 2. ... #nephrology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... • Secondary form ... cirrhosis: 3%-20% Renal ... Distal (Type I) renal ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... bone marrow and secondary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
removal from the blood ... e.g., uptake by cells ... presentations and disease ... - Compartment syndrome ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Normal or low blood ... • Autoimmune disease ... , Renal tubular ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome ... post exchange: blood ... lysis: fever, anemia ... jaundice, hematuria, renal ... University Infectious Diseases