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Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Rockwood Clinical Frailty ... definition of frailty ... tools to assess frailty ... from whatever cause ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Care TRICC - NEJM ... - ICU FOCUS - NEJM ... Transfusing blood ... Blood saves lives ... unnecessary and cause
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
spherocytes in this photo ...

Causes of spherocyte ... show increased fragility ... Path #BloodSmear #Blood

Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... severe swelling causes ... disseminates in blood ... fetal blood vessel ... Immunization #peds #pediatrics
Ecchymosis: Bluish discoloration of skin caused by bruising with resultant subcutaneous collection
of blood.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. -
discoloration of skin caused ... collection of blood ... Ecchymosis #Arm #Photo
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: A febrile illness (caused by Coxsackie Virus) associated vesicle formation on
febrile illness (caused ... #Dermatology #Pediatrics ... Vesicle #UCSDH #Photo
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
In this case, arrows ... seen in the left photo ... In the right photo ... Path #BloodSmear #Blood
Syphilitic gummas in Tertiary syphilis
Tertiary syphilitic gummas may mimic basal cell carcinoma. The gummatous tumors are
treated, in most cases ... , eyes, heart, blood ... syphilis #clinical #photo
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
well-recognized cause ... amyloidosis #clinical #photo ... AL #lightchain #NEJM
Vibrio vulnificus Infection- At the time of presentation, hemorrhagic bullae measuring 3.5 by 4.5 cm had
vulnificus can cause ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #vibrio #