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Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
involve the temporal artery ... very remarkable w/differential ... Role of temporal artery ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
including: • Coronary artery ... may not occur Differential ... more intensive treatment ... PVC #diagnosis #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
infarction, coronary artery ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO) vs Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) - A Comparison Table

Clinical Features,
Central Retinal Artery ... Diagnosis and Treatment ... CentralRetinal #Occlusion #Artery
Button Battery Ingestion Triage and Treatment Guideline - Algorithm

#ButtonBattery #Battery #Ingestion #Algorithm #Management #Treatment #Guidelines #Toxicology
Button Battery Ingestion ... Triage and Treatment ... ButtonBattery #Battery ... Algorithm #Management #Treatment
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Algorithm for the Treatment ... Nonpharmacologic Treatments ... Pharmacologic Treatments ... Gabapentin 100 mg after ... Prebabalin 25 mg after
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
NMS can occur after ... of an agent or after ... years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential
#MultipleMyeloma #CPsolvers #management #diagnosis #differential #treatment
management #diagnosis #differential ... #treatment
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Vasculitis, Splenic artery ... aneurysm, Splenic artery ... Infarction #spleen #differential