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Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... repeat testing • Acute ... nephrolithiasis • Symptoms ... → Refer to Nephrology ... cystoscopy • Refer to Nephrology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Approach to Thrombocytosis ... → Refer to hematology ... for workup, including ... • Infections: Chronic ... #Algorithm #hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Blood Loss • Acute ... RBCs on Smear • Chronic ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... rheumatic fever • Chronic ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
and Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... T-cell - CD7, CD3 Chronic ... (+) ↑ WBC ... Blood #Disorders #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... #hematology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach ... require urgent nephrology ... microscopy for WBCs ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... , erythema and WBC ... constitutional symptoms ... #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... Arthritis: • Acute ... or chronic infections ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... with no early symptoms ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology