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Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... EBV, HIV, HTLVI, Hantavirus ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #AdultOnset #Stills
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus Pathogen ... : Hantavirus - Rodents ... to 6 weeks • Hantavirus ... Prodrome: fever, chills ... IgM • Hantavirus
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... - Infections: Hantavirus ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... redistribution of pulmonary ... infarction, may still ... have non-cardiac pulmonary ... a superimposed pulmonay
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Rat Feces: - Hantavirus
Millicurie limit guidelines for major and minor radioactive spills.
I-131 - 1mCi
In-111 - 10 mCi
F-18 - 10
minor radioactive spills ... 100 mCi Minor Spill ... to RSO Major Spill ... #radioactive #spills
Epistaxis Management Algorithm / Checklist

1. blow out clots 
2. vasoconstrictor spray 
3. nose clip or direct
minutes 4. if still ... 5 mL) 5. if still ... cauterize 6. if still ... balloon 7. if still
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Responsive, ~2/3 still ... Consolidations AKA "inverse pulmonary ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
Pulmonary Embolism ... PERC negative still ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
ECG changes in Pulmonary Embolism
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Sinus tachycardia 
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Complete or incomplete RBBB 
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ECG changes in Pulmonary ... enlargement (P pulmonale ... - #Pulmonary