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Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
/preschoolers, Pregnancy ... Hookworm infection, Bleeding ... Iron #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nutrition
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Celiac, Enteritis, Bleeding ... Hookworm • ↑ Needs: Pregnancy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #anemia ... #nutrition
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... Malaria, babesia - Nutritional ... antiphospholipid syndrome - Pregnancy ... #hematology
Etiologies of Folate Deficiency
 • Decreased dietary intake - uncommon in this era
 • Increased requirements
Patients who are pregnant ... folate that can cause ... deficiency #FolicAcid #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #nutrition
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
of Hemostasis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... discern these causes ... Ehlers Danlos Nutrition ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... during Delivery • Stable ... Period • Breast-feeding ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... melanoma, myeloma • Pregnancy ... RBC (hemolysis, bleeding
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
inuslin release leading ... Gastric bypass causes ... and Hepatology ... gastric #bypass #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
by bleeding (petechiae ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... blood count with differential ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology