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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
lymphocytes/Mature B cell ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Skin Disease Classification ... : • Acute cutaneous ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... : • Chronic B-cell
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
diseases: syßtemic lupus ... anemia, obstructive ... uropathy, post-acute ... Acute oliguric kidney ... High #Potassium #Classification
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
e.g., uptake by cells ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... #typea #typeb #classification
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
presents with an acute ... • An evaluation ... for giant cell ... • Normocytic anemia ... TREATMENT: • The
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
•
Albumin > 4) Work-up ... first step in evaluation ... Viral infections (acute ... anemia • Other ... inflammation (acute
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
syndromes current treatment ... risk of clonal evolution ... to acute myeloid ... disease tolerate anemia ... with repeated red cell