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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood ... Smear. ... P. falciparum causes ... #Smear. ... #peripheral #clinical
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... smear, HIV/HCV ... #Causes #Workup
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Clinical Exam ... Imaging Section Clinical ... Non-Focal • Refer to Blood ... #diagnosis #workup
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
whereby red cells clump ... individual’s red blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
whereby red cells clump ... individual’s red blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
Whenever the blood ... significantly, it causes ... the RBCs to clump ... for underlying cause ... POCUS #vascular #clinical
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
(RBC = red blood ... ordering a peripheral smear ... the most likely cause ... recovery also causes ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... The most common causes ... more than one cause ... perforation), TB smear ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Blood ... Normochromic RBCs on Smear ... Spherocytes on Smear ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical