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Common Bile Duct (CBD) on Abdominal Ultrasound

The key to finding CBD is to look anteriorly to
stretched out portal ... tube above the PV ... ultrasound #pocus #normal
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune, intraepithelial, blistering disease affecting the skin and mucous membranes. It
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV ... with drug-induced PV ... not present with oral ... differentiate PV ... not affect the oral
PV Card: Pediatric Assessment Triangle

#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Assessment #Triangle #Appearance #Breathing #Circulation #TICLS #Mnemonic
PV Card: Pediatric
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Polycythemia Vera (PV ... treatments for PV ... concentration in the normal ... PolycythemiaVera #PV
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
an inhibitor of normal ... to have 50% of normal ... the test to be normal ... Plasma + Pooled Normal ... diagnosis #hematology #pathophysiology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Myelodysplastic Disorder - Abnormal ... Myeloproliferation Disorder - Abnormal ... Polycythemia Vera (PV
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology ... (whiter) than normal ... something that normally ... pulmonary #ChestCT #Pathophysiology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
of Anemia with Normal ... - Decreased/NormaI ... PRV, Chronic) Normal ... Polychromatic Macrocytes, Normal ... Hemoglobinopathy - Normal
Polycythemia vera, Essential thrombocythemia, Primary myelofibrosis Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Polycythemia vera → Blood JAK2 mutation screening
#hematology #PV
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Bandemia Overview Normal ... Band neutrophils normally ... Segmented Neutrophil (Normal ... shock, 33% had normal ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology