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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
infections from neutropenia ... antibiotics if neutropenic ... fever) Complications ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
"Initial management of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA. Adapted from the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
"Initial management ... of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA ... #Febrile #Fever ... #Neutropenic #Management ... #Algorithm #InfectiousDiseases
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
Pediatric UTI Algorithm ... - No other fever ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... #UTI #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Presentation: • Fever ... Difficulty breathing • Neutropenia ... and petechiae Causes ... index < 2 • EPO Level ... #diagnosis #management
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... Lymphohistiocytosis • Anemia ... , Neutropenia, Thrombocytopenia ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Fever in the Immunocompromised Host - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Structural Defect - Asplenia/HypospIenism
 • Bacteremia/Septic
Causes of Fever ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CNS Infection Neutropenia ... Infection #Fever ... #Causes #Hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Presentation: Fever ... , neutropenia ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... - infiltrates (anemia ... or functional neutropenia ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Dyspnea • Fever ... Weight loss • Anemia ... Immune hemolytic anemia ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management