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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... intravesicular pressure • TTP ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... • TMA’s (HUS/TTP ... Schistocytes - MAHA: TTP ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes
Purpura fulminans is a particularly malignant form of S-DIC associated with hemorrhagic infarction of dermal arteries.
is most often caused ... thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP ... ) #Clinical #Photo
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Autoimmune • ITP ... HELLP Syndrome • TTP ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... Diagnosis: • + Clinical ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... Cryoglobulinemia • TTP
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... needle + 3-way tap ... strategy. ❼ If clinically ... • Identify tip ... a dramatic clinical
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Causes of Arterial ... artery aneurysm: Causes ... MALIGNANCY: - TMA: TTP ... HIT - MAHA: TTP
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Microangiopathy: DIC, TTP ... Antibody-mediated: ITP
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TMAs
1. Not all MAHAs are due to TMAs but (almost) all TMAs cause
almost) all TMAs cause ... TMA is due to TTP ... compliment-mediated TTP ... TTP is only TMA ... suggests against TTP
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
disorders, or other causes ... Thrombocytopenia: ITP ... • Secondary Causes ... disease - DIC/TTP ... Defects: • DIC, TTP