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Von Willebrand Disease - Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Management

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong - Strong Medicine
Von Willebrand Disease ... - Clinical Presentation ... , Diagnosis and ... VonWillebrand #Disease ... #hematology #treatment
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... test, TempTest ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
- Differential Diagnosis ... Drug-associated, PCH ... , Drugs, Liver Disease ... Laboratory Tests ... #hematology
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
and Associated Diseases ... Microscopy #Pathology #Hematology ... #Diagnosis #Dyspmorphic ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... Pathologic Basis of Disease
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Clinical Disease ... Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Rheumatica #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
Cold agglutinin disease ... #antiglobulin #test ... Autoimmune #Hemolysis #hematology ... #diagnosis
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Autoantibodies and their Disease ... syndrome Anti-Scl ... (TTG) - Celiac disease ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Positive Lachman's Test

The Lachman test is a clinical test used to diagnose injury of the anterior
is a clinical test ... used to diagnose ... The examiner should ... ACL #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Positive
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
suspicion of severe disease ... and these should ... - Sickle cell disease ... Rheumatology ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis