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Diagnosis and management of postpartum haemorrhage #Management #Diagnosis #EM #Obgyn #PostPartum #Hemorrhage #BMJ
Diagnosis and management ... postpartum haemorrhage #Management ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #Obgyn #PostPartum ... #Hemorrhage #BMJ
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... Initial labs: CBC, BMP ... #Management #Algorithm ... #hematology
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
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Scl70 (in some cases ... Scl-70 (in some cases ... NXP-2 (MORC3 or MJ ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #Pregnancy #hepatology ... #obstetrics #obgyn ... #diagnosis #management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
evaluation of the pattern ... Areas of diagnostic ... aminotransferase; BMI ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Prioritizing Tool • Low BMI ... ) • Advanced liver ... kg BW) and meal pattern ... Cirrhosis #diet #management ... #hepatology #pathophysiology
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Suspicion:
    ≤ 1 feature of
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver ... Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis ... following: obesity (BMI ... Disease #NAFLD #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Scl70 (in some cases ... Scl-70 (in some cases ... NXP-2 (MORC3 or MJ ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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- Differential Diagnosis ... replacing the BM ... replacing the BM-common ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology