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Ascites - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

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Perform paracentesis:
 • Cell count and diff 
 • Total
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm • ... WBC and PMN • ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology
Diagnostic approach to a limping child with an antalgic gait. 

(CBC = complete blood count; CRP
Diagnostic approach ... blood count; CRP ... resonance imaging; WBC ... Antalgic #Gait #Algorithm ... #Child #Peds #Pediatrics
Suggested algorithm for follow-up of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
Mayo Clinic Risk Stratification Model. CBC,
Suggested algorithm ... CBC, complete blood ... MGUS #Followup #algorithm ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #multiplemyeloma
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
Pathologic Red Blood ... and Associated Diseases ... Microscopy #Pathology #Hematology ... #Diagnosis #Dyspmorphic ... Pathologic Basis of Disease
Pediatric Neutropenia Workup Algorithm

DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.13210

#Neutropenia #Workup #Algorithm #diagnosis #hematology #Pediatrics #peds
Pediatric Neutropenia ... Workup Algorithm ... Neutropenia #Workup #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #Pediatrics #peds
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Spurious ... Artifact (redo CBC ... disorders • Celiac disease ... #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Blood Smear • ... Cells, Normal WBCs ... #Hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Blood ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... and Differential Diagnosis ... of underlying disease ... hazy, cloudy or bloody ... #hepatology
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
albumin in the blood ... The diseased hepatic ... albumin to escape blood ... Matherly @liverprof #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #SAAG