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Proposed Algorithm for Diagnosing Sarcoidosis
Highly suggestive Clinicoradiological Findings → Clinical diagnosis (without biopsy) e.g. Löfgren's syndrome
Suggestive
Clinicoradiological Findings → Clinical ... without biopsy) e.g ... and/or cytology (e.g ... of alternative causes ... #diagnosis #Workup
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... evaluation or workup ... for specific symptoms ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... (eg, skin or esophageal
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
, splenectomy, etc ... Key signs and symptoms ... that define the clinical ... illness script (e.g ... febrilepodcast@gmail.com #InfectiousDiseases
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... are not caused ... patients have no symptoms ... of diagnosis (e.g
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
- Infectious workup ... or TSH level if symptoms ... oral secretions (e.g ... (vital signs, clinical ... subjective dyspnea, etc
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Clinical Manifestations ... unit activity on EMG ... of diazepam • EMG ... antibody that works ... EMG Studies:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... No additional workup ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... CNS inflammatory cause ... ) • EMG/NCS (rare
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... but important causes ... special stains (e.g ... #differential #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... not be subtle e.g ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... vision changes, etc ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... to produce all classes ... immunity Signs/Symptoms ... bacterial infections (e.g ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology