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Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
antibodies bind to mast ... degranulation of mast ... , seasonal hay fever ... allergies, and drug ... Diagnosis #Reactions #Table
Type I Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Production of lgE Antibodies that bind to harmless allergens
Type I Hypersensitivity ... pollen, foods, drugs ... peanuts) • Hay fever ... Anaphylaxis #TypeI ... #Type1 #HypersensitivityReaction
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Summary table of ... Allergen-specific lgE causes mast-cell ... Anaphylaxis, Hay fever ... Food allergies, Drug ... #allergy #table
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST‐10) Questionnaire and Interpretation
1. Have you used drugs other than those required
Test (DAST‐10) ... Questionnaire and Interpretation ... Are you always able ... (If never use drugs ... If never use drugs
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... blood smear + DAT ... autoimmune disease, drugs ... Recent travel/Fevers ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... Risk Stratify Type ... What is the type
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Toxins - Drugs ... Muscle swelling - Fever ... CPK 5X ULN • AST ... Cast formation: ... per day until stable
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Catheterization – Use and Interpretation ... catheterization (PAC) has never ... diagnosis or the type ... #Differential #Table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Drugs 5. ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... Skin histology - Mast ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
form of delayed-type ... known as rat bite fever ... or Haverhill fever ... malignancies, and drugs ... Erythemas #comparison #table