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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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and Cytoplasmic Patterns ... Nuclear Patterns ... • Homogeneous pattern ... : • Reticular/ ... SLE, SjS, CTD-ILD
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Interstitial - Reticular ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Consolidation #Patterns
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Sporadic cases ... reticulonodular patterns ... Radiographic pattern ... Diagnosis • Management ... disease - Mild
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... ) Approach • MILD ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... clinical scenario, ECG ... #algorithm #treatment
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... Viral) Management ... Necrosis) If mild ... regarding need for treatment
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... The old name is
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Algorithm • IV ... potassium and ECG ... morphology, "Sine wave" pattems ... #algorithm #treatment
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... vascular diseases (e.g ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
• No Treatment ... Brady Management ... • May be no pattern ... summary #Diagnosis #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal HR Tracing - Causes of Variability & Decelerations - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Minimal/Absent Variability
Fetal HR Tracing - Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... > 25 bpm): • Mild ... hypoxia Sinusoidal Pattern ... #Causes #Obstetrics