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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... l MD SOAP) - Risks ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... #hematology
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Causes of Arterial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... artery aneurysm: Causes ... neoplasms - PNH ... #clots #hematology
Hemolysis - Diagnostic Algorithm and Causes

Increased red cell production: 
 • Increased Reticulocytosis/polychromasia 
 • Erythroid
Hemolysis - Diagnostic ... Algorithm and Causes ... #Workup #Hematology ... #Diagnosis * ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... and risk-stratification ... • Risks: infection ... Management #treatment #hematology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular Causes ... - Water - Pus ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... #differential #diagnosis
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Secondary Causes ... deficiencies - PNH ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hematology #rheumatology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
and Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphoid (ALL) - PAS ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Blood #Disorders #hematology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Vascular imaging → Test ... are not a major risk ... Hypercoagulable #Workup #hematology ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hematology #VTE
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • PCH • PNH ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
4-T Score for the Likelihood of Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
 - Thrombocytopenia - Compare the highest platelet
count
Other potential cause ... Low probability (risk ... High probability (risk ... Thrombocytopenia #Likelihood #Diagnosis ... #Hematology