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Proposed Treatment Algorithm for MAS / HLH

#MAS #HLH #Hemophagocytic #Lymphohistiocytosis #Management #Treatment #Algorithm #Hematology
Proposed Treatment ... #MAS #HLH #Hemophagocytic ... Lymphohistiocytosis #Management ... #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Hematology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Clinical Features: Fever, Splenomegaly, Hepatomegaly, Lymphadenopathy, Confusion
Classic lab findings in HLH: ↑↑ ferritin, Anemia,
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ... Clinical Features: Fever ... : ↑↑ ferritin, Anemia ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #HLH #Hemophagocytic ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Treatment: • Consider ... if neutropenic fever ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Treatment Algorithm ... for First Time Pulmonary ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
, Liver diseases ... - Thalassemia, Liver ... Renal diseases, Liver ... PD deficiency, Pulmonary ... #differential #hematology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... TheIDtrivia #HLH #Hemophagocytic ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
A subset of hemophagocytic ... with leukopenia, anemia ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... cytopenias (usually anemia ... acute leukemia Management ... only curative treatment ... #treatment #hematology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ... , ↓ Fibrinogen level ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary ... #rheumatology
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... (AIHA) Treatment ... Autoimmune #Hemolytic #Anemia ... #AIHA #Treatment ... #management #hematology