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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Approach to Anemia - Differential ... Normochromic RBCs on Smear ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... Spherocytes on Smear ... Classification #Approach #Differential
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... , Drugs, Liver Disease ... Electrolytes: Wilson's disease ... Peripheral Blood Smear ... #Hemolysis #Differential
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Hemolytic Anemia - Differential ... Peripheral blood smear ... malignancy, autoimmune disease ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Normal Blood Smear ... • Pancreatic Disease ... • Liver Disease ... #elevatedMCV #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... peripheral blood smear ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... bypass), LFT (liver disease ... dysplasia on the smear
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Peripheral Smear ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Disease ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... IgM) • Blood smear ... • Autoimmune disease ... younger pts) Differential
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and Differential ... of underlying disease ... Cell count and differential ... perforation), TB smear ... Ascites #workup #Differential
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
hallmark for the disease ... Peripheral blood smear ... WBC count and differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
early localized disease ... called "Bazin's disease ... so-called fifth disease ... association is that smear ... comparison #table #differential