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Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
Scleroderma Renal Crisis ... hematuria on urine ... and/or red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... Scleroderma #Renal #Crisis
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Causes of Hematuria ... Algorithm Red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
a Sickle Cell Crisis ... These cells can ... Crises can be precipitated ... The underlying pathophysiology ... of the baseline anaemia
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
called "De Urinis ... Microscopic exam ... • Urinary casts ... #UNa #casts #glucosuria ... #hematuria
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... abnormal under the microscope ... Peripheral blood smear
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
R flank pain, hematuria ... 10%RBC, +maltese cross ... lysis: fever, anemia ... , jaundice, hematuria ... ARDS and DIC, case
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
peripheral blood smear ... -> AML: Blast crises ... : Granulocytic cells ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Peripheral smear
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
No hemolytic anemia ... fever - Another cause ... chest film; blood-smear ... examination; and urine ... dipstick test, microscopic