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Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... washout • Healthy Adults ... pediatrics but NOT adults ... cervical, anal Cxs
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Diagnosis and Workup ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... rupture Initial workup ... ultrasound • CXR ... • CBC, BMP, LET
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Disease Clinical ... Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... HBV, Coxsackie, CMV ... hepatitis • Pulmonary
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Q fever, EBV, CMV ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... Vasculitis (Temporal arteritis ... , Sarcoidosis, Adult
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
- No other workup ... cancer screening, CBC ... , aPTT, +/- CXR ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... #hematology #diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... STAT Labs (BMP, CBC ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... Investigations • Labs: CBC ... , cr, ESR, CRP ... , anti-CCP • CXR
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: CMV ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Epidemiology: • Young adults ... association • M > F Clinical ... aseptic meningitis), MCC ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... comorbidities: • CBC ... ventilated • CXR ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary