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Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Pruritus - Generalized ... Algorithm - Systemic ... and Primary Causes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
 •
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA ... • IgG type ± C3d ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... → Systematic screening ... #diagnosis #management
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Pruritus - No Primary ... Algorithm Blood ... renal failure/uremia ... #secondary #systemic ... #Algorithm #causes
Approach to Elevated Tryptase - Differential Diagnosis Framework

The DDx of elevated tryptase can be broken down
Approach to Elevated ... - Differential Diagnosis ... into a 4-pass system ... IV contrast • CKD ... 3rd pass = Primary
Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
of Pruritus in ... Primary Biliary ... Recirculating System ... ; CBD, common bile ... #Hepatology #Algorithm
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... Algorithm Viral ... • Reactive • Primary ... arthritis • Systemic ... #Algorithm #Causes
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... with no primary ... - differential diagnosis ... • Hematologic ... #CKD
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
us to treat the primary ... cause. ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
us to treat the primary ... cause. ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
PMR) is a common systemic ... disease of unknown cause ... primarily is diagnosed ... • Normocytic anemia ... #Management #Rheumatology