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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach ... / Normochromic RBCs ... Classification #Approach ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... decreased PLT count: CBC ... disease), HBsAg/anti-HBc ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Approach to the ... - No other workup ... cancer screening, CBC ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hematology
hematopoiesis - leukocyte maturation tree

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#hematopoiesis #leukocytes #maturation #tree #pathophysiology #Hematology
Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... maturation #tree #pathophysiology ... #Hematology #Progenitor ... #Cells #WBC #pathology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... Better call hematology ... about secondary causes ... you’ll do a good workup ... #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... blasts and high WBC ... count cause hyperviscosity ... Lysis Syndrome: • Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Enthesitis: • Site of pathology ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
) - Summary PBC ... Pathophysiology ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
decrease in most cases ... schistocytes, nucleated RBCs ... from ischemia WBC ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology