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Adult Onset Still's Disease - Yamaguchi Criteria
Major criteria:
 - Fever >= 39C lasting >= 1 weeks
Onset Still's Disease ... Leukocytosis >= 10,000 cells ... lymphomas - Inflammatory ... disease, especially ... #Diagnosis #Major
Inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn disease compared to Ulcerative colitis 

#Crohns #Disease #Ulcerative #Colitis #Comparison #Table #Manifestations
Inflammatory bowel ... disease: Crohn ... disease compared ... Manifestations #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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CD3-CD4+ T cells ... HTLVI) - Chronic inflammatory ... , inflammatory bowel ... diseases, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... important, as early diagnosis ... Inflammatory causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
of T-helper & inflammatory ... cells) Clinical ... : • Disease fatal ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... #Symptoms #Signs
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) - CDC Criteria for Diagnosis

Minimum Criteria (at least one needed for diagnosis):
Pelvic Inflammatory ... Disease (PID) - ... laparoscopy #Pelvic #Inflammatory ... #Disease #PID # ... CDC #Criteria #Diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
or 3 minor criteria ... Leukopenia (WBC < 4000 cells ... platelet <100k cells ... Acquired #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... - Evaluate symptoms ... Grade) - Symptom ... Antimuscarinics) - Anti-inflammatory ... #COPD #diagnosis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Algorithm Symptoms ... Associated history: Symptoms ... associated autoimmune disease ... of autoimmune disease ... PBC if 2/3 criteria
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Definition and Diagnostic ... Criteria Acute ... Pericarditis • Inflammatory ... syndrome to be diagnosed ... pericarditis and a symptom-free