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Calculating a Reticulocyte Index (RI)
Reticulocyte Index = Absolute Reticulocyte Count / Maturation Correction
Absolute Reticulocyte Count =
Calculating a Reticulocyte ... Index (RI) Reticulocyte ... Index = Absolute ... Reticulocyte Count ... #Index #RI #RPI
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • 12-13 g/dL,
 • ANC < 1800/uL,
 • platelet < 150,000/uL

Initial
12-13 g/dL, • ANC ... peripheral smear, reticulocyte ... Production (↓ reticulocytes ... (hemolysis, ↑ reticulocytes
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
labs: CBC, BMP, Reticulocytes ... schistocytes > 1% • ↑ Reticulocyte ... index • ↑ LDH
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Reticulocyte count ... percentage of reticulocytes ... Corrected reticulocyte ... count OR reticulocyte ... index above 2%
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
Reticulocyte Production ... Index = (Retic ... days) it takes a reticulocyte ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Reticulocyte ... #Production #Index
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS ... Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... Apical 2 Chamber (A2C ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... -Chamber View (A4C ... -Chamber View (A5C ... -Chamber View (A2C ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
peripheral smear, a reticulocyte ... specifically order a reticulocyte ... index in some laboratories ... likely cause if the reticulocyte ... elevation in the reticulocyte
Apical Approach Pericardiocentesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical approach had best pocket + good distance away from lung
Pericardiocentesis on POCUS ... vitals and shock index ... Pericardiocentesis #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
7 cm and LAESV index ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #POCUS ... #A4C