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Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... Rare causes: ... , IgG4-related disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
 - Amiloride
 - Spironolactone
 - Triamterene
 - Trimethoprim
 - Pentamidine
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inhibitors Other causes ... Tubulointerstitial diseases ... - Sickle cell disease ... LMW heparin - ACE-I ... #differential #causes
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
overview of lung diseases ... #diagnosis #causes ... #lung #disease
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... bypass), LFT (liver disease ... not required in all ... patients if the cause
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... vasculitis to cause ... onset Still's disease ... , Kikuchi disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Chemotherapeutic Systemic Disease ... Connective Tissue Disease ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes ... interstitial #lung #disease
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Rheumatic heart disease ... - Most common cause ... parachute MV (caused ... mitral #stenosis #Causes
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... decades of life Causes ... Autoimmune diseases ... fever, fatigue, Nausea ... doi: 10.1111/all
ACE Trial: Randomized controlled trial of Ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment
ACE Trial: Randomized ... Wiesenfeld, et al ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... #inflammatory #disease