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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Blood Loss • Acute ... Deficiency • B12 ... Disease • Marrow ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Small Bowel Disorder ... • Liver Disease ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Infectious: • Acute ... • Rheumatic disorders ... • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment ... Iron deficiency anemia
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... ABG And BMP Normal ... Compensation, Acute ... restrictive lung disease
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
- Diagnosis Algorithm ... Iron-deficiency anemia ... unresponsive to treatment ... without discernable cause ... #gastroenterology
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... dysfunction, and/or disorders ... wt loss • If anemia ... to IBD, celiac disease ... Treatment: • Oral
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diabetes/ DKA • Uremia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
, Anemia • Prevalence ... Crohn's > UC Anemia ... fatigue despite disease ... correction of lab abn ... /other causes
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Obstructive arterial disease ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... Anemia, hypoglycemia ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #causes
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... caused by Bartonella ... Incubation period: 3-12 ... severe hemolytic anemia ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute