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Practical Pediatric Viral Rash Algorithm

Child presenting with rash and current/ recent symptoms of viral illness but
five days and no signs ... meningitis — What is the ... likely diagnosis ... Algorithm #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) 
An rare systemic acute febrile vasculitic syndrome. Aetiology unknown. 
Affects
Kawasaki Disease ... immunoglobulin reduces the ... #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Clinical Features and Complications of Measles

Rash:
Spreads downwards, from behind the ears to the whole Of the
Clinical Features ... #Measles #Diagnosis ... Kopliks KoplikSpots #Peds ... Pediatrics #Timeline #Signs ... #Symptoms
Graves’ Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
B & T lymphocyte mediated autoimmunity attack TSH receptor -> Continuous
Graves’ Disease: ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... little role in the ... etiology Signs ... #signs #diagnosis
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... - Viral (25% ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #peds #pediatrics
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... if they have no clinical ... decreased LV function, mitral ... and lab signs ( ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
CAS): - Due to Viral ... - Polyclonal - Viral ... Infection Clinical ... Agglutination in the ... complement to the
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Sometimes history of viral ... Méniére's disease ... course of the disease ... varying neurologic signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
• Primary Sjögren's is a solitary process whereas secondary Sjögren's
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... secondary Sjögren's, the ... / Symptoms: - ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms