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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
) Overview Increased ... • Severe Liver ... Treatment: • Treat ... primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
Uterine Bleeding ... pregnancy related cause ... thromboembolic disease, breast ... cancer, liver dysfunction ... endometrial path0100' or breast
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Infiltration: Often breast ... function may be abnormal ... RBC (hemolysis, bleeding
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pinpoint areas ... deficiency - Abnormal ... fulminans - DIC
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... Symptoms: • Malaise, bleeding ... crises • Blasts ... Fibrinolysis & DIC ... Intracellular Urate
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... wet (dependent areas ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... wet (dependent areas ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... #differential #causes
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
on the skin • Areas ... - Core temp normal ... cardiomyopathy, ARDS, DIC ... coagulopathy - Possible DIC ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Diabetic Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Mild Non-proliferative DR
 • Outpouchings of the weakened capillary walls or
Hemorrhages • Focal areas ... ischemia -> Venous beading ... retinal ischemia causes ... neovascularization in the disc ... Retinopathy #Diabetes #ophthalmology