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Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
rapid onset of symptoms ... chronic onset of symptoms ... B-cell lineage ALL Symptoms ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
method Duration of symptoms ... + protein + leukocyte ... Laboratory #Testing #diagnosis
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic ... Supportive of Diagnosis ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... at onset • >50 Leukocytes ... polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Placenta • Leukocytes ... Most common symptoms ... disease - Bone symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... epithelium and causing symptoms ... Signs/Symptoms ... (+) Nitrites, Leukocyte ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
Polycystic Kidney Disease - Clinical Signs and Symptoms

#ADPKD #Polycystic #Kidney #Disease #Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Kidney Disease - Clinical ... Signs and Symptoms ... Disease #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... peripheral blood leukocytes ... on the left Myeloblast ... Differential Diagnosis ... likelihood of negative clinical
Cirrhosis leading to Chronic Liver Failure - Clinical Signs and Symptoms

#Cirrhosis #LiverFailure #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam #Findings
Liver Failure - Clinical ... Signs and Symptoms ... LiverFailure #Signs #Symptoms ... PhysicalExam #Findings #Diagnosis
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic ... Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms ... : The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... AcuteCoronarySyndrome #Symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis