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Drugs and Classes Associated with DILI and Type of Liver Injury

#Medications #Differential #DrugInduced #LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology
Drugs and Classes ... Associated with DILI ... Liver Injury #Medications ... #LiverInjury #Hepatology ... #DILI
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Causes of Anemia ... Bleed • Hemolysis ... Microangiopathic Hemolytic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Common RBC Inclusions and Associations
 • Howell Jolly Bodies: Hyposplenism, Asplenism, Severe hemolytic anemia
 • Heinz
Common RBC Inclusions ... deficiency, Oxidant drugs ... , Unstable hemoglobin ... , Hemolytic anemia ... Bodies #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... Sickle cell • Unstable ... elliptocytosis - RBC ... anemia • ... #Hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
anemia): ... infection) - Drugs ... • Intrinsic RBC ... differential #diagnosis #hematology ... #anemia
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... Membrane Defects, Drugs ... Defects: Sickle cell anemia ... Thalassemias, Unstable ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
in Hemolytic Anemia ... binding to RBC ... complex binds to RBC ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #pharmacology #table
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Microangiopathic Hemolytic ... deficiency, Unstable ... disorders, Oxidative drugs ... Cold autoimmune hemolytic ... differential #diagnosis #hematology
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
-100): • Non-hemolytic ... , CKD • Hemolytic ... Spherocytosis, G6PD, PK, HbC ... Orotic aciduria, Drugs ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
transform into a RBC ... suppression (e.g. drugs ... Microangiopathic hemolytic ... RBC defects (e.g ... Production #Index #hematology