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Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
- Differential Diagnosis ... Reactive: • Anemia ... /blood loss (Fe ... Non-infectious (malignancy, rheumatologic ... causes #Platelets #hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... : Acute blood loss ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... #Algorithm #hematology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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1) DIAGNOSE AIHA ... • Anemia: macrocytic ... type ± C3d • Blood ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Suggested algorithm for follow-up of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
Mayo Clinic Risk Stratification Model. CBC,
CBC, complete blood ... Followup #algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... disease, Acute blood ... loss, Anemia of ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach to Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Blood ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... and laboratory diagnosis ... Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... #Hematology #Pathology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... • Symptomatic anemia ... Diagnosis: • Pancytopenia ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... Iron-deficiency anemia ... Sideroblastic anemia ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
the peripheral blood ... including chronic blood ... > 3: • Acute blood ... Production #Index #hematology ... #diagnosis #calculation