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Diagnosis and management of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

Chapel Hill 2012 definition: 
Necrotizing vasculitis ofmedium or small arteries
Diagnosis and management ... Cardiomyopathy - CNS ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Vasculitis #Differential
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Scleromyxedema (CNS ... +GI+CVS+joints) ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Monoclonal #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Oncology
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Consolidation & CNS ... Treatment #timeline #oncology ... #pediatrics #peds ... #management
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Summary of Oncologic ... antibiotics TLS ... low Ca - q8 h TLS ... ) - Symptoms: CNS ... ) - Symptoms: CNS
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... • Turner Syndrome ... Anorexia Nervosa • CNS ... #ShortStature #Differential ... endocrinology #causes #pediatrics
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS ... #neurology #rheumatology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Multiple Cranial Neuropathies - High Yield Differential Diagnosis
 • Intrinsic brainstem process
 • Compressive brainstem process
Neuropathies - High Yield Differential ... Neurosarcoidosis • CNS ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... variant-GBS • Bulbar ALS ... #Neuropathies #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
basal ganglia, CNS ... meningitis), MCC CNS ... Behcet disease) Differential ... collaboration • CNS ... #diagnosis #management
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Hypoventilation: • CNS ... e.g., GBS, MG, ALS ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Hemorrhage • CNS ... Other Congenital Syndromes ... Floppy #Newborn #Differential ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics