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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Small Bowel ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Deficiency - Abnormal ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Dehydration • Symptoms ... limb ischemia, bowel ... WBC >100k, + lab signs ... #TLS #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... lumbar spine Signs ... soon as bladder/bowel ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... last 3 months + symptom ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Diagnostic ... JAK2 mutation OR Abnormally ... , signs, and complications ... Summary #treatment #hematology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
suspicious clinical symptoms ... /signs should be ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... Areas of diagnostic ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... and signs below ... injury - Loss of bowel ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... : HLH signs and ... symptoms can mimic ... Diagnosis via genetic ... management #treatment #hematology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
failure PBC Signs ... and Symptoms: ... Differential Diagnosis ... #cholangitis #diagnosis ... #workup #hepatology