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Top tips for triaging and treating kids with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome
#Diagnosis #Management #PatientInfo #Peds #Pediatrics #PittHopkins
treating kids with Pitt ... Hopkins Syndrome
Treatment Approach to Hodgkin's Lymphoma

By Matthew Ho, MD PhD @MatthewHoMD
With Credit: Dr Sunita Nasta and Dr
Treatment Approach ... guidelines #Hodgkins ... Lymphoma #oncology #Hematology ... #management #treatment
Coagulation Cascade Mnemonic - PITT vs PET
PITT (with an I) = Intrinsic = APTT
Cascade Mnemonic - PITT ... vs PET PITT (with ... Cascade #Mnemonic #PITT ... PET #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Prolonged PT (INR), Prolonged PTT
 • Prolonged PT (INR), Prolonged PTT
 • Prolonged PT
INR), Prolonged PTT ... INR), Prolonged PTT ... (INR), Normal PTT ... • Prolonged PTT ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Evaluation Algorithm

- Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#4TScore #HITT #Algorithm #HeparinInduced #Thrombocytopenia #Diagnosis #Criteria #Hematology
PulmCrit #4TScore #HITT ... Diagnosis #Criteria #Hematology
Hypereosinophilia and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

 • Secondary Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
 • Clinically Relevant HES Variants
 • When to
suspect underlying hematologic ... Diagnosis and Treatment ... Syndrome #HES #Hematology
Bayesian combination of 4T score with Heparin PF4 antibody titer to obtain the post-test probability of
Bayesian #Diagnosis #Hematology ... #HITT #Thrombocytopenia
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
Thromboplastin Time (PTT ... Thromboplastin Time (PTT ... thematttsai #PT #PTT ... Thromboplastin #laboratory #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Non malignant hematologic ... effect following treatment ... states • Non-hematologic ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
4T Score for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Interpretation of the 4T score:
0-3 points:  Low probability (<<1%)
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further workup of HITT ... agent #4TScore #HITT ... Diagnosis #Criteria #Hematology