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Evaluation of Leukocytosis:
The term 'leukocyte' applies to any cells within the myeloblast, monoblast, & lymphoid lineages.
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Leukocytosis: The term 'leukocyte ... Mature WBC: 80- ... LEUCOCYTOSIS WBC ... precursor cells to leukocytes ... the underlying cause
Causes of Dysuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pyuria - Leukocytes on Dipstick/Microscopy
 - Bacteriuria & Hematuria -
Algorithm Pyuria - Leukocytes ... Pyelonephritis - WBC ... Infection/Cystitis - WBC ... No Pyuria - No Leukocytes ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
causing symptoms Signs ... Malaise, Incr WBC ... (>10 WBC/gL) ... (+) Nitrites, Leukocyte ... Pathophysiology #Signs
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
Tree in Bud Sign ... The Tree-in-Bud sign ... It is caused by ... Bud #TreeInBud #Sign ... diagnosis #clinical #radiology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria: 3 or more RBC ... hematuria • Signs ... hematuria: - RBC ... - Dysmorphic RBC ... and SMA - Can cause
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... with + Kussmaul sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Intestine - Other causes ... • Placenta • Leukocytes ... biliary Cholangitis (PBC
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
• Ketones • Leukocyte ... Red blood cells (RBC ... • Urinary casts ... dipstick #nitrite #leucocyte-esterase ... #urine #UNa #casts
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Hematology Algorithms 

Anemia is described as a reduction in the proportion of the red blood cells.
RBC are produced ... destruction of RBC ... 150,000 per mcL, and leukocytes ... majority of the leukocytes ... These causes could