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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Febrile #Infant ... #StepByStep #Algorithm
Hemophilia - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis:
 • Consistent bleeding history (unless screening for disease in family members
screening for disease ... with established disease ... Avoid meds that ... ↑ bleeding risk ... #hematology
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... appear toxic and febrile ... assessed for Lyme disease ... pathognomonic for SJS or EM ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Attempt if high risk ... Rare: DAH, acute febrile ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... #management #hematology
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... to identify low-risk ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... days before Pulmonary ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... management #cardiology #treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... effusion, INC risk ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Malignancy Risk ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
vascular filling +++ (risk ... of pulmonary edema ... Prevention of at-risk ... leak #syndrome #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
syndromes current treatment ... algorithm 2018. ... median age at diagnosis ... cardiovascular or pulmonary ... #algorithm #hematology