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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood ... Smear. ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... #Smear. ... #peripheral #clinical
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites ... Smear A classic ... smear. ... #Smear #peripheral ... #clinical #microscopy
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
) Tick takes a blood ... into host) 2) Trophozie ... into host) 7) Trophozie ... Babesia #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
on peripheral smear ... Diagnosis? ... Diagnostic morphologic ... size amoeboid trophozoite ... #blood #clinical
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood ... investigations depending on clinical
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Consciousness - Workup ... Clinical Exam ... Imaging Section Clinical ... Non-Focal • Refer to Blood ... #diagnosis #workup
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... smear, HIV/HCV ... #Causes #Workup
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... DIC is a clinical ... and laboratory diagnosis ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... Hematology #Pathology #Smear
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... ACTIVE TB AFB smear ... of a NAAT on a smear-positive ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... Thick and thin smear ... node biopsy • Clinical ... UnknownOrigin #workup ... #diagnosis