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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Cardiovascular Causes ... failure - CAD/ACS ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Other Causes ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
I see all of these ... features in most cases ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... APML #Pathology #Hematology ... #Clinical #Smear
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... high WBC count cause ... have fever - ACS ... : • Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... actually seen in all ... causes of infective ... Sign #diagnosis #clinical ... radiology #ChestCT #pathophysiology
Hypersegmented neutrophil in a case of acute myeloid leukemia.

Dysplastic neutrophils are typically hypolobated but can be
neutrophil in a case ... #neutrophils #AML ... #Clinical #Hematology
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
although hepatic causes ... namely, the many causes ... myeloma, CML, AML ... rare): - Reye syndrome ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CML, AML, APML ... : Blast crises ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
Pathogenesis and clinical ... involved in >50% of cases ... S.A. can also be caused ... pathogen across all ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
• Nephrotic Syndrome ... considered in all ... coagulation and other causes ... Venous #Arterial #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
>10 mmHg - clinically ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac causes ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... #hepatology