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COMPARISON OF PREDICTION TOOLS FOR PREDICTING TBI IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
 - PECARN 
 - CHALICE
- Physician CT ... DecisionRules #EBM ... #Diagnosis
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination, Imaging, and LRINEC ScoreA Systematic Review and
Tissue Infection: Diagnostic ... Syed @DDxDino #Diagnosis ... #EBM #NSTI #Necrotizing ... SoftTissueInfection #Testing #CT
Common Causes of the Different Categories of Dizziness #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #EM #IM #Differential #Dizziness #Vertigo #Disequilibrium
of Dizziness #Diagnosis ... #PrimaryCare #EM ... Lightheadedness #Table #NEJM
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
ultrasound for the diagnosis ... compared to abdominal CT ... endpoint of abdominal CT ... and discharge diagnosis ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
Clinical #Derm #EM ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Pediatric Head Trauma (PECARN) - Need for Head CT #Diagnosis #Management
Need for Head CT ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #Peds #Trauma
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Coxsackie, CMV, EBV ... Stills #Disease #diagnosis
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Epidemiology - 10% adult ... Diagnosis: • Physical ... CXR, ENT exam, CT ... #microbiology #diagnosis
Infection-Related Cancers
Viruses:
 • HPV - Cervical, anogenital, head and neck, skin cancer
 • HTLV-1 - Adult
cancer • HTLV-1 - Adult ... Kaposi's sarcoma • EBV ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Brucellosis, Q fever, EBV ... , Sarcoidosis, Adult ... #Differential #Diagnosis