Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Aplastic Anemia - Overview Who? • M = F • 3 peaks: 1) Childhood 2) 15-25 years 3) >60 years What? • Aplastic anemia
Constitutional Syndromes ... Constitutional Syndromes ... marrow-failure syndromes ... Treatment: ... #oncology #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) What? Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Marrow Failure • Chronic ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... marrow studies Treatment ... Immunosuppressive treatment ... #diagnosis #hematology
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary GERD: Diagnosis • Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation • Chest pain Extraesophageal
throat clearing, chronic ... • Vomiting • Anemia ... Incomplete/relief/treatment ... Alarm features: • Anemia ... diagnosis #management #Gastroenterology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... leukemia #CLL #Chronic
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Summary Acute AIDP ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Refeeding Syndrome Overview What Is It? • Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... Malnutrition due to chronic ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) What? CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... Malignancies • Chronic ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary Epidemiology: • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Stiff Person Syndrome ... and pernicious anemia ... Pathophysiology ... Treatment: • ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... iron deficiency anemia ... disorders - Chronic ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Chronic leukemia ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... - infiltrates (anemia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology
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