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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... Criteria: • Elevated ... for an unrelated indication ... von Willebrand disease ... #Management #Summary
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Criteria for Diagnosis ... : symptomatic treatment ... • Severe disease ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #management
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
- Yamaguchi criteria ... 5 of the below criteria ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... #rheumatology #management
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... 50% in nec fasc Diagnostic ... Criteria: • Isolation ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... #management #diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... (KD) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Criteria - Fever ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... intrinsic lung disease ... Criteria: • Underlying ... ) on room air Treatment ... #management #treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
and Management ... over course of disease ... TIPS West Haven Criteria ... Initiate empiric treatment ... #Management #treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
(chronic lung disease ... , left heart disease ... Diagnostic criteria ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... #management #hepatology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... : months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria ... column Treatment ... #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
highly inflammatory disease ... Histopathologic criteria ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology