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Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
old, ~10,000 new cases ... diagnosis and risk-stratification ... • Risks: infection ... Management #treatment #hematology ... #oncology
Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
and long-term complications ... They cause the vast ... The risk then rapidly ... remodeling can cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
procedures - Infection ... l MD SOAP) - Risks ... not required in all ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Schema for Standard-Risk ... Consolidation & CNS ... treatment (after induction ... Cytarabine #ALL ... Treatment #timeline #oncology
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vulnificus skin infection ... marine microbiota & causes ... All oysters at Chesapeake ... necrotic ulcers Risk ... rash #cellulitis #dermatology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Most cases diagnosed ... prematurely • risk ... membrane into the CNS ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
mycobacteria, are all ... mycobacteria which can cause ... upper lobes due to infection ... level indicating pus ... #Clinical #Radiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
• Sepsis Complications ... with an increased risk ... • Mitchell et al ... • Increased risk ... #cardiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
risk secondary ... noninfectious complications ... disease • Infectious ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology