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Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Hemolytic Anemia ... • Peripheral blood ... smear + DAT + further ... #Anemia #Differential ... #causes
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... type ± C3d • Blood ... smear: Differential ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... #Anemia #diagnosis
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Pressure - Differential ... conditioned athletes Pathologic ... (reduced blood ... Beriberi - Cirrhosis ... Diagnosis #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... Blood Pressure ... Well-conditioned athletes Pathologic ... iron deficiency anemia ... - Obesity - Cirrhosis
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis by Mechanism ... Decr Blood Pressure ... Heart failure - Cirrhosis ... #Causes #Sodium
Causes of Anemia in Cirrhosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
LOW RETIC INDEX - ↓ PRODUCTION
 • Vitamin
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis ... RETIC INDEX: • Blood ... anemia, Hemolysis ... #Cirrhosis #Differential
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
result in severe anemia ... of Peripheral blood ... smear - Shows schistocytes ... anemia Indirect ... WBC count and differential
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
production (eg, hemolytic ... anemias, hemolytic ... cyst, external pressure ... Classification #diagnosis ... #unconjugated #differential
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
No hemolytic anemia ... of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear ... Fever #Travel #Differential