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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... fast - Too slow ... Water - Pus - Blood ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... : - Anemia
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Causes of Anemia ... Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Algorithm Normal Blood ... • Liver Disease ... #Hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Approach - MCV) Low ... , Acute blood loss ... morphologic #mcv #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... • Stable Angina ... • Acute Coronary ... Pulmonary - Other • Anemia
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... AKI - Differential ... Impaired forward flow ... #causes #Acute ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Diagnosis Algorithm Blood ... Loss • Acute ... Disease • Marrow ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( AKI ... • Sepsis • Blood ... • Inflammatory disease ... #Nephrology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
approximately how ... Chronic kidney disease ... Index > 3: • Acute ... Production #Index #hematology ... #anemia #differential
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
• Inflammatory/AI ... , Acute intermittent ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
skin that are caused ... Out Secondary Causes ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... count with differential ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology