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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Liver Function Tests ... Deficiency - Abnormal ... Liver Function Tests ... • Liver Disease
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Abdominal Ultrasound ... without Pulmonary Disease ... Cyanotic Heart Disease ... Abnormal Chest ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... Criteria for Behget's Syndrome ... Behcet's - Abnormal ... pathergy test Most ... #criteria #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathognomonic laboratory tests ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Drug-associated, PCH, Evans Syndrome ... , Drugs, Liver Disease ... Electrolytes: Wilson's disease ... Laboratory Tests ... Blood Smear ↑ abnormal
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Renal ultrasound ... cause of renal disease ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... • Muscular: normal ... CK, normal biopsy ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... 3: Spectrum of Disease ... the spectrum of disease ... #Stewardship #ultrasound ... #management #diagnosis