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Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... Neutrophil (Normal) Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... likelihood of negative clinical ... #Bandemia #differential
Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
at least 2): 1) Clinical ... cloudy effluent) 2) WBC ... > 100 WBC, >50% ... Secondary #Peritoneal #diagnosis ... #differential #
Renal Abscess on POCUS
Left flank pain. On ABX Day 5 for pyelo. She has hx of
WBC 16.4K. ... Differential would ... this patient--diagnosis ... kidney #POCUS #clinical
Urine Microscopy and Casts - Image Atlas Key

- Squamous Epithelial Casts
- Transitional Epithelial Cells
- Renal Tubular
Hyaline Cast - WBCs ... Granular Casts - WBC ... Cast - RBC Cast ... Casts #Atlas #Key #Clinical
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... /WBC casts, proteinuria ... neck, prostatic) #Diagnosis ... #Macroscopic #Differential
Urinalysis Interpretation (UA)

Bacteria, Leukocyte esterase, WBC, Nitrite, RBC, Epithelial 
cells, pH

#Diagnosis #Urinalysis #Interpretation #Analysis
Leukocyte esterase, WBC ... , Nitrite, RBC, ... cells, pH #Diagnosis
Approach to Leukocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Features of hematologic malignancy:
 • Symptoms: B-symptoms, bruising/bleeding, fatigue/weakness, immunosuppression
Leukocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... platelets, persistent WBC ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hematology #WBC
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Pancytopenia, WBC ... differential includes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased WBCs ... Normocytic #Anemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
included in the differential ... diagnosis. ... be added to the differential ... diagnosis. ... Radiology #MSK #Differential