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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
American trypanosomiasis ... Diagnosis and Management ... detectable by blood ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
American trypanosomiasis ... Diagnosis and Management ... detectable by blood ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... Peripheral smear changes ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... Pathology #Smear #Microscopy
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Chagas ... Blood (platelets ... #Diagnosis #Management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Product Types: • Leukocyte ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Identification of Trypanosoma brucei vs Trypanosoma cruzi
The best, easiest way to distinguish Trypanosoma species: size of
trypomastigotes in blood ... South American Trypanosomiasis ... : Chagas disease ... #microbiology #blood ... #smear #microscopy
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... abnormal under the microscope ... cells have DNA changes ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Blood Transfusion ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... , Trypanosoma (Chagas ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... renal injury), Coags ... reveals increasing blood ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... differential #diagnosis #management
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
pulses, bruits, or blood ... and gray matter changes ... (PR3-ANCA)): Microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology