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Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation ... APLS - MPN/PNH ... Structural - Pelvic masses ... - May-Thurner syndrome ... #hematology #differential
Stroke and bleeding risk stratification with the CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED schemas

#Diagnosis #Hematology #CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
Stroke and bleeding risk ... #Diagnosis #Hematology ... Comparison #Score #Risk ... Stroke #Bleed #Anticoagulation
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... deficiencies - PNH ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology # ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Hypereosinophilia and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

 • Secondary Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
 • Clinically Relevant HES Variants
 • When to
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... suspect underlying hematologic ... disorders • Diagnosis ... #HES #Hematology
Aplastic Anemia and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes with Pancytopenia

Fanconi Anemia
Acquired Aplastic Anemia
Dyskeratosis Congenita & Telemore Biology
Marrow Failure Syndromes ... Telemore Biology Disorders ... Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome ... #Pancytopenia #Syndromes ... anemia #diagnosis #Hematology
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Causes of Bleeding ... Sequestration Disordered ... Connective Tissue Disorders ... - Acquired • Anticoagulation ... #Hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Blood Disorders ... Lymphoid (ALL) - PAS ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... Myelodysplastic Disorder ... #hematology #Markers
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... clinical benefit of anticoagulation ... of withholding anticoagulation ... #Calculators #Anticoagulation ... #Factors #Hematology
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Causes of Neutrophilia ... • Metabolic disorders ... Myeloproliferative Disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... • Rheumatic disorders ... Non malignant hematologic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology