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Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... Early liver disease ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... hematology #coagulation
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Deficiency - Abnormal ... #Causes #Hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad: Fever ... arthritis, Skin rash ... fraction < 20% Differential ... hepatomegaly, hepatitis ... #treatment #rheumatology
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... Supratherapeutic warfarin ... • Reduced liver ... amyloidosis #Abnormal ... hematology #coagulation
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
PT/ABNORMAL PTT ... von Willebrand syndrome ... diseaseWarfarin ... PT/ABNORMAL PTT ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Anticoagulants (Warfarin ... deficiency • Liver ... mountain spotted fever ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Liver disease ... - Alcoholic hepatitis ... Mediterranean fever ... #differential # ... hepatology #SAAG
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Diagnosis Framework ... Drug-associated, PCH, Evans Syndrome ... Defects, Drugs, Liver ... Blood Smear ↑ abnormal ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... • NASH, Chronic ... #hepatology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... : Alcohol use, Liver ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... morphologic #mcv #differential ... #hematology