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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... Respiratory Acidosis: CNS ... Respiratory Alkalosis: CNS ... #Disorders #Evaluation ... #workup #Differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Autoimmune disorders ... - Clinical Presentation ... Workup: • Full ... Staging: • Based ... classification #hematology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis should be based ... on clinical presentation ... , temporal evolution ... Suspect in movement disorders
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
or lymphoid malignancy ... - Monoclonal - Lymphoid ... Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... and CNS • Headache ... vein thrombosis Hematologic
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... first step in evaluation ... Amyloidosis • Lymphoma ... Connective tissue disorders ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... Biopsy: Solitary disorder ... Diagnostic Evaluation ... • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma ... #Hematology