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Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... Thyroid/laryngeal disease ... cytomegalovirus, dental disease ... lymphomas, leukemias Anterior ... tongue, oropharynx, anterior
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... , Viral infections ... syndrome, Parasitic Disease ... AnnKumfer #Wheezing #Differential ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Infarction - Infection ... deficiency - Syrinx ... • Etiology - Anterior ... tracts in the anterior ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Epiglottitis • Vocal cord ... asthma • Pleural disease ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Disease 3 Types ... - Due to Viral infection ... Polyclonal - Viral Infection ... Clinical Presentation ... younger pts) Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... heart failure, COPD ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Diseases Fellows ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
host response to infection ... failure from massive pulmonary ... embolism or severe pulmonary ... types #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... pulmonary disease ... , Gaucher disease ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential