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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Infectious: • Acute ... disorders • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment ... or hyposplenic states ... #Causes #Hematology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
t-PA, heparin Acute ... Rhabdomyolysis, Tumor lysis syndrome ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... , DKA Kidney Disease ... #nephrology
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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cyst, Caroli's disease ... sludge), Mirizzi's syndrome ... Inflammatory: Chronic ... diagnosis #hepatology ... #gastroenterology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
for workup, including ... Rebound effect from treatment ... , Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Infections: Chronic
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypercalcemia, Cushing's syndrome ... : CKD, acute glomerulonephritis ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... #causes #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Diagnosis: Causes ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... restrictive lung disease
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Hypercoagulable States ... - APLS • Acute ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Severe Cushing syndrome ... Congenital AME syndrome ... ) • Gitelman syndrome ... calcium) alkali syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... correction of chronic ... demyelination syndrome ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #Diagnosis #Treatment