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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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and Workup Algorithm ... • Esophageal rupture ... , PT. aPTT • Serial ... score • PERC; Well ... #Algorithm #workup
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Evaluation of Electrical ... immediate, prior to ED arrival ... (delayed), TM rupture ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Emergency #Algorithm
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... during medical evaluation ... /µL Workup • Screen ... glucocorticoid treatment ... #Differential #diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
viral arthritis Workup ... , Gram stain, cell ... count, and crystal evaluation ... Treatment: admission ... Ciprofloxacin • Sickle Cell
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
fever: - Fever + ANC ... full infectious work-up ... days → add fungal work-up ... “big & sticky” cells ... #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
SPB - commonly axial ... Evaluation? ... Bone marrow Treatment ... #Plasmacytoma #Oncology ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
syndromes current treatment ... algorithm 2018. ... risk of clonal evolution ... median age at diagnosis ... with repeated red cell