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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Sclerosis (ALS) ... Summary ALS: combination ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome in APML ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... initiation • Differential ... coagulopathy, RRT/IMV as ... #diagnosis #management
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... (same as ET), Thrombosis ... Treatment: • As ... transformation into AML ... • Treatment algorithms
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... diet/deficiency symptoms ... report dehydration as ... improvement w/ mental ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Medium and large ... also involved), ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Reactive Arthritis, AS ... #rheumatology #
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... pain that worsens as ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... transformation to AML ... Antibiotics such as ... blood count with differential ... progression to AML
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
a few months (median ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... such as double ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
myeloid leukemia (AML ... cytopenias and AML ... Because the median ... reimbursed by Medicare as ... #algorithm #hematology
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
When present, symptoms ... generally requires all ... transformation into MDS or AML ... • Treatment algorithms ... #diagnosis #management