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Stroke and bleeding risk stratification with the CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED schemas

#Diagnosis #Hematology #CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
#Diagnosis #Hematology ... CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED ... #Comparison #Score
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores for stroke risk and bleed risk on anticoagulation

C	Congestive Heart Failure	1

H	Hypertension	1

A2	Age >75	2

D	Diabetes Mellitus	1

S2	Stroke,
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores ... Abnormal renal/liver ... CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED ... #Comparison #Score ... AFib #Diagnosis #Hematology
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
validated for VTE treatment ... bleeding risk #HASBLED ... Bleeding #Risk #Scores ... Anticoagulation #Factors #Hematology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
can be bridge to Liver ... at D7 by Lille score ... Management #Algorithm #treatment ... #hepatology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... → Calculate 4T score ... • If 4T score ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
) • Advanced liver ... disease (Child-Pugh score ... patients with liver ... diet #management #hepatology ... #pathophysiology
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
criteria include a sore ... /splenomegaly, liver ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... AOSD #diagnosis #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... throat, skin, scalp
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

High mortality without prompt recognition and management. HLH is a critical diagnostic consideration in
- Elevated liver ... Pathophysiology ... molecular diagnosis: HScore ... Treatment Approach ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
discharge, dysphagia, sore ... common - GI tract, liver ... Bone marrow Treatment ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology