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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
- Coagulation disorder ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... Vitamins #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Diagnosis Secondary ... malignancies • Anemia ... Chronic inflammatory disorders ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... myeloid leukemia (CML
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Small Bowel Disorder ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
lymphoproliferative disorder ... Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... of anemia include ... anemia • Cold ... younger pts) Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... changes), high MCV ... anemia (vegan,
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neurocognitive disorders ... - Progressive amnesia ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... (parkinsonian signs ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... paralyses CNS Disorders ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... associated with any symptoms
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
are a group of disorders ... age 70 years Symptoms ... Neutropenia • Platelet Disorders ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
sedative drugs, uremia ... Tonic-Clonic (grand mal ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Vascular disorders ... Syndrome usually ... varying neurologic signs ... Vertigo #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology