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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
Diagnosis and workup ... 1) Clinical ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Workup
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
the wrists and fingers ... the face (many differential ... including in children (pediatric ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... fraction < 20% Differential ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
Undifferentiated critical ... if cardiac or pulmonary ... #presentation #Differential ... Gray #Baby #Peds #Pediatrics
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
-60 minutes or longer ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... , superimposed inter ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic #Differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... progressing GN • New pulmonary ... episcleritis as well as inner ... ear disease Differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... episcleritis as well as inner ... #Vasculitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... nose, ears, or fingers ... younger pts) Differential ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology