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Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... Fibrin degradation products ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
malnutrition, Antibiotics ... ) • Advanced Liver ... Deficiencies #Summary #table ... #comparison #diagnosis ... #hematology #deficiency
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... if neutropenic fever ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
B for initial management ... - Virtually never ... infections) - Main ... adverse effects = Hematologic ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
acid metabolism products ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #Pregnancy #hepatology ... obstetrics #obgyn #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Pleuritic chest pain ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Lung Abscess Management ... once stable -
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
following: • Fever ... rapidly, and empiric antibiotic ... agent are the main ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
Inflammatory joint pain ... and fingers, or pain ... responsive to antibiotics ... 9) Unexplained fever ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
stimulates our body to produce ... Check a level. ... Better call hematology ... - Some tumors produce ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... • Rheumatic fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology