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Diagnosis and management of postpartum haemorrhage #Management #Diagnosis #EM #Obgyn #PostPartum #Hemorrhage #BMJ
Diagnosis and management ... haemorrhage #Management #Diagnosis ... #EM #Obgyn #PostPartum ... #Hemorrhage #BMJ
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... = nonspecific (nausea ... age • Monitor and ... #hepatology #obstetrics ... #obgyn #diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy
Three syndromes in the critically ill pregnant woman who presents with coagulation defects.
1) HELLP
Thrombocytopenia and ... child * Severe cases ... plasma exchange 2) Fatty ... AFLP #Obstetrics #OBGyn ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Suspicion:
    ≤ 1 feature of
Non-Alcoholic Fatty ... Liver Disease ( ... NAFLD) - Diagnosis ... following: obesity (BMI ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... bypass), LFT (liver ... When do you do a BM ... #hematology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... aminotransferase; BMI ... non-alcoholic fatty ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Maternal hypertension and ... replacing the BM ... replacing the BM-common ... #causes #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Toxic injury to BM ... petechiae Causes ... Marrow hypoplasia/fatty ... Anemia #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
cells - Blood & BM ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... -> AML: Blast crises ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis