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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary ... Rheumatoid Nodules, Pulmonary ... Disease and ILD ... Arthritis #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #differential # ... pulmonary #causes
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary ... #Rheumatology #
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Diagnosis Algorithm ... → Refer to hematology ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... , Celiac disease ... #hematology
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
Diagnostic algorithm ... fibrosis, in part ... computerised tomography; ILD ... interstitial lung disease ... UIP #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Diagnostic Schema ... Hyperferritinemia Pearl: Diseases ... Still's disease ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... disorders • Celiac disease ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Venous Thrombosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lipoprotein a ↑ - IBD ... #Diagnosis #clots ... #hematology
Systemic Sclerosis Associated Autoantibodies
Anti-topoisomerase I (anti-Sc170): Diffuse skin disease, Pulmonary fibrosis
Anti-centromere: Limited skin disease (~93-95%), Pulmonary
: Diffuse skin disease ... , Pulmonary fibrosis ... (~93-95%), Pulmonary ... Autoantibodies #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Parenchyma: ILD ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... #diagnosis #causes