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Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
Acquired von Willebrand ... Syndrome - Diagnosis ... vonWillebrand #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #hematology #differential
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rheumatic pain Clinical ... Diagnosis: • A clinical ... and lower jaw Treatment ... Tetracyclines etc ... diagnosis #management #Dermatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
the secondary or acquired ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Herpes, Coxsackie, etc ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... per day until stable ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... vision changes, etc ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ECG is vital while ... acute coronary syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential ... #table #foamed ... #pharmacology
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
foods, stress, etc ... perstans • A form of acquired ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #dermatology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... hypoxemia/Sepsis etc ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... - Compartment syndrome
Helpful Clinical Features in Evaluating Bleeding Disorders
Age of onset
 • Neonate - in 20% of haemophilias,
Helpful Clinical ... bleeding tendency is acquired ... Drug history, e.g ... Marfan syndrome, ... pediatrics #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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Neutropenia - Differential ... hypertension and/or drug treatment ... Constitutional disorders, eg ... Chediak-Higashi syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #hematology