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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
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Anemia Diagnostic ... in bone marrow (BM ... under 2%, then BM ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... → Refer to hematology ... workup, including BM ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... NXP-2 (MORC3 or MJ ... ARUPLabs #ANA #Antinuclear ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... changes), high MCV anemia ... When do you do a BM ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

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

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... • Aplastic anemia ... Toxic injury to BM ... #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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- Differential Diagnosis ... replacing the BM ... Megaloblastic anemia-rare ... replacing the BM-common ... #causes #hematology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Antinuclear Antibody ... NXP-2 (MORC3 or MJ ... ARUPLabs #ANA #Antinuclear ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
cells - Blood & BM ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... - infiltrates (anemia ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis