Internal Medicine Essentials for Clerkship Students
Hematology Section
Anemia (Chapter 38)
Iron Deficiency Anemia - View a peripheral blood smear showing hypochromic erythrocytes.
Microangiopathic Anemia - View a peripheral blood smear showing microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.
Spherocytosis - View a peripheral blood smear showing spherocytes.
Megaloblastic Anemia - View a peripheral blood smear showing megaloblastic anemia.
Target Cells - View a peripheral blood smear showing target cells.
Bite Cells - View a peripheral blood smear showing bite cells.
Acanthocytes - View a peripheral blood smear showing acanthocytes.
Sickle cells - View a peripheral blood smear showing sickle cells.
Drugs that Cause Macrocytosis - Review this table of drugs that commonly cause macrocytosis.
Macrocytic Anemia Algorithm - See an algorithm to assist you in the assessment of a macrocytic anemia.
Microcytic Anemia Algorithm - See an algorithm to assist you in the assessment of a microcytic anemia.
Bleeding Disorders (Chapter 39)
Hemophilia A and B Laboratory Evaluation - Use this table to guide the laboratory evaluation of hemophilia A and B.
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasias - View telangiectasias associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome).
Laboratory Abnormalities in Hemophilia, vWD, and Platelet Function Defects - Use this table to distinguish between von Willebrand’s disease, hemophilia, and platelet function disorders.
Sickle Cell Anemia (Chapter 40)
Sickle Cells - View a peripheral blood smear showing sickle cells.
Dactylitis - View dactylitis involving the digits of the feet.
Hemoglobin Electrophoreses - Review this chart of hemoglobin electrophoresis patterns for various hemoglobinopathies.
Blood Transfusion - Review a list of indications for simple and exchange blood transfusions.
Laboratory Tests - Review this table of tests commonly used in the evaluation of sickle cell anemia.
Thrombocytopenia (Chapter 41)
Petechiae - View petechiae on the foot.
Pseudothrombocytopenia - View a peripheral blood smear showing platelet clumping characteristic of pseudothrombocytopenia.
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - View a peripheral blood smear showing schistocytes characteristic of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Drug induced thrombocytopenia - See Annals of Internal Medicine for a systematic review of drugs causing thrombocytopenia.
Thrombophilia (Chapter 42)
Laboratory Evaluation - Use this table to review the common laboratory and other studies for the thrombophilias.
Anticoagulant Therapy - Review recommendations for the duration of anticoagulant therapy for patients with deep venous thrombosis.
Common Leukemias (Chapter 43)
Peripheral Blood Smear - Review these notes to help you differentiate the peripheral smear findings of the leukemias.
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - View a peripheral blood smear characteristic of chronic myeloid leukemia.
Staging System for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Review the staging system for chronic myeloid leukemia.
Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Review the differential diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia.
Auer Rod - View a peripheral blood smear showing an Auer rod.
Laboratory Studies for Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Review the laboratory studies to evaluate acute myeloid leukemia.
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Review the differential diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - View a peripheral blood smear characteristic of chronic lymphotic leukemia.
Smudge Cell - View a smudge cell characteristic of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Staging System for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Review the Rai and Binet staging systems for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Differential Diagnosis for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Review the differential diagnosis for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Laboratory Studies for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Review the laboratory studies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Multiple Myeloma (Chapter 44)
Multiple Myeloma - View a bone marrow aspiration from a patient with multiple myeloma.
Serum Protein Electrophoresis - View a serum protein electrophoresis from a patient with multiple myeloma.
Rouleaux - View a peripheral blood smear showing rouleaux formation associated with multiple myeloma.
Lytic Bone Lesions - View multiple lytic bone lesions and pathological fracture of the humerus.