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Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
Evaluation and ... Management of Sickle Cell ... Crises Clinical ... Manifestations #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Leukemia - Summary Cancer ... can indicate disease ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CLL Acute leukemias ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... extramedullary disease ... - infiltrates (anemia ... lymphoid organs When Cancer
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... RBC = red blood cell ... the most likely cause ... #Workup #AAFP
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Necrosis (Epithelial cell ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #Causes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... formed or don’t work ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... Workup: • Complete
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Ketoacidosis) • Sickle cell ... anemia • Musculoskeletal
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thyroid / larynx disease ... • Infection: Acute ... Angioimmunoblastic T-cell ... #Causes
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Epidemiology: -10% of all ... lupus cases, drug-dependent ... • Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... : Chronic disease
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
++: Hodgkin, T-cell ... lymphoma, B-cell ... B-LNH), solid cancers ... Treatment: • ... inhibitors under evaluation