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Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... - No other workup
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... aHUS, mechanical cardiac ... valve, vasculitis, malignant ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology #testing
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... , Cardiac Arrest ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... Late Sepsis), Malignancy
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
Cardiac metastasis ... cancer (10%–12%) & hematologic ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
other RGM • Plastic ... /Other RGM • Cardiac ... Hematologic malignancy ... Bone Marrow - Anemia