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Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Management Algorithm ... Stabilization Concern ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding ... Diagnosis #management #Algorithm ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Loss • Acute Bleed ... Smear • Chronic Bleed ... Deficiency • B12 ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Acute Bleed ... Inflammation • Cancer ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Management Algorithm ... Suspected lower GI bleeding ... Polypectomy, Colorectal cancer ... GIBleed #management #Algorithm ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... 80-100 fL) • Bleeding ... (>100 fL) • B12 ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
Index < 2: • Anemia ... loss), Vitamin B12 ... infiltration (e.g. cancer ... loss: Trauma, Gl bleed ... Production #Index #hematology
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... iron deficiency anemia ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... asymptomatic IBD Overt Bleeding ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
current treatment algorithm ... risk of clonal evolution ... disease tolerate anemia ... an infection or bleeding ... #algorithm #hematology