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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... Nuclear Patterns ... Antinuclear #Antibody #Testing ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Platelet disorders and Aggregometry
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 • Defective aggregation to all agonists except ristocetin
 • Normal platelet,
similar aggregation pattern ... agonists • This pattern ... considered first-line testing ... Platelet #disorders #hematology ... #hemepath #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... - Nuclear Patterns ... Antinuclear #Antibody #Testing ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential ... involvement, irregular pattern ... Classification #pathophysiology ... #Hematology #Diagnosis ... #NonHodgkin #differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
evaluation of the pattern ... decision for repeat testing ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
kg BW) and meal pattern ... (avoiding long fasting ... effect of long fasting ... diet #management #hepatology ... #pathophysiology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... Proximal limb muscle wasting ... bile ducts Differential ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... • Is there a pattern ... Morning stiffness lasting ... an asymmetric pattern ... #Joint #pain #Differential
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Neutrophil (Normal) Differential ... especially in the setting ... #Bandemia #differential ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
adjusted d-dimer testing ... Ddimer #dimer #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential