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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... • Differentiate ... SickleCell #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... candidate) - Bone ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine - Other causes ... Most common symptoms ... symptoms - Pain ... ALP #Elevation #Differential
Hemolysis - Diagnostic Algorithm and Causes

Increased red cell production: 
 • Increased Reticulocytosis/polychromasia 
 • Erythroid
Algorithm and Causes ... hyperplasia of bone ... Anemia #Algorithm #Differential ... #Causes #Workup ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... Pneumonia • CHF ... effusion/Tamponade Hematologic ... Causes of Tachypnea ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
- Differential ... be used by the bone ... Hematologic Malignancy ... saturation to differentiate ... Hyperferritinemia #Differential
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Media • Temporal Bone ... Imbalance, neurologic symptoms ... Vertigo #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Causes of Leukocytosis ... and Leukopenia - Differential ... Drugs, Autoimmune, Bone ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Chemotherapy • Bone ... Cystic Fibrosis, CHF ... #ShortStature #Differential ... endocrinology #causes
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Drug induced - Bone ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #