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Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
headache days in one ... treatment, or those ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Management #Neurology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reaction to Medications ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... • Bone marrow ... transformation to acute ... #Management #treatment ... #hematology #oncology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
starvation - Acute ... metastasis (hungry bone ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... change disease • Hematologic ... malignancies Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... epilepticus Treatment ... #neurology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs Acute ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... reduction; change medication ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
= Hypocellular bone ... - Antithyroid medications ... aplastic anemia Treatment ... Anemia #oncology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... presents as an acute ... Hemophagocytosis in bone ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... #hematology
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework HEMATOLOGIC ... of breath • Neurologic ... sustained over a one-hour ... Hyperuricemia • Acute