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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Small Bowel Disorder ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... #Causes #Hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
lymphoproliferative disorder ... Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Hypertensive Disorders ... and persists > 12 ... patients • HELLP: Syndrome ... so have high clinical ... obstetrics #cardiology #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... with hypertension being ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
are a group of disorders ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Vancomycin induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis (LCV) of the Hand
70 M vertebral osteomyelitis on vancomycin and cefepime for
Diagnosis? ... Differential for ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... Hand #skinrash #dermatology ... #clinical #photo
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... right with bands being ... • Autoimmune diseases ... article/S0002-9343(12 ... #WBC #CBC #hematology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Physical exam • 12 ... Psychiatric: • Panic disorder ... straight after bending
Helpful Clinical Features in Evaluating Bleeding Disorders
Age of onset
 • Neonate - in 20% of haemophilias,
Helpful Clinical ... von Willebrand disease ... Marfan syndrome, ... #History #peds ... #pediatrics #diagnosis