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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Blood Loss • Acute ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... Metabolism Disorder - Acquired ... #Approach #Differential ... #Causes #Hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
(Morphological Approach ... , Acute blood loss ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... presentations and disease ... - Compartment syndrome ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #typea #typeb #classification
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
Bleeding and Bruising ... Diagnosis Framework ... von Willebrand syndrome ... discern these causes ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
the secondary or acquired ... Triglycerides • ↑ Lactate ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Approach and Differential ... most common causes ... (e.g. cirrhosis ... of underlying disease ... #Diagnosis #hepatology