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Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Heparin Induced ... arterial thrombosis, skin ... exposure (prevent skin ... #HIT #Heparin #Induced ... Management #Treatment #Hematology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Syndrome) is a skin ... inflamed or blistered skin ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... - Drug induced ... Syndrome #diagnosis #dermatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
purple, hemorrhagic skin ... Causes: - Drug induced ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology # ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Vascular reactivity (Skin ... Painful ulcers • Skin ... syndrome • Warfarin-induced ... skin necrosis ... #hematology
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Testosterone - Coumadin skin ... Hyperhomocysteinemia - Heparin-induced ... pathophysiology #hematology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
bacterial metabolites induce ... invade URT & via hematologic ... meningitidis endotoxin induces ... causes CNS and hematologic ... that persists as skin
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
3rd Decade Skin ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... Seizures • Strokes Skin ... extremities Drug Induced ... Antihistone: Drug induced
Steroid Induced Atrophy: Chronic topical steroid use has led to marked thinning of the skin.

Charlie Goldberg,
Steroid Induced ... thinning of the skin ... Clinical #Photo #Dermatology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Non malignant hematologic ... following EtOH induced ... states • Non-hematologic ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Likelihood, Diagnosis and Management
 - HIT Suspected
 - Calculate 4T Score
Heparin Induced ... #HIT #Heparin #Induced ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology