Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
usually caused by ... Then, ask 3 questions ... approach to the differential ... #Differential # ... #management #nephrology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... transformation to acute ... only curative treatment ... #treatment #hematology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 โ€ข Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, โ†‘ reticulocytes
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โ€ข Blood smear: Differential ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 โ€ข Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... for secondary causes ... glucocorticoid treatment ... #Differential # ... diagnosis #hematology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Treated Like Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... pathophysiology #Hematology ... #algorithm
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 โ€ข Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute โ€ข Myloid ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Blood #Disorders #hematology
Causes of Breakthrough/Extension of Thrombosis and Management Algorithm

#Anticoagulation #Breakthrough #Thrombosis #Algorithm #Extension #VTE #DVT #Hematology #Management
Causes of Breakthrough ... Thrombosis and Management ... Extension #VTE #DVT #Hematology ... #Differential # ... Causes
Hemophilia - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis:
 โ€ข Consistent bleeding history (unless screening for disease in family members
Diagnosis and Management ... normal in mild cases ... - Acute Bleeding ... Chronic Management ... #treatment #hematology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 โ€ข Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 โ€ข Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... orbital pain, (Sub)acute ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... - Typical MS-like ... #treatment #rheumatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isnโ€™t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Better call hematology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup #hematology