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Features Associated with Pathobiologic Characteristics of Severe Asthma, According to Phenotype. #Diagnosis #PCC #Asthma #Severe #Phenotypes
Paucigranulocytic #Hyperresponsive ... #Fixed #NEJM
Pupils: Localization in Coma
 • Small, Reactive pupils: Metabolic coma.
 • Unilateral Fixed, dilated pupil :
• Unilateral Fixed ... Bilateral, Large fixed ... , midposition, fixed
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Unilateral Fixed ... #Unilateral #Fixed
Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
 •
SLE, Sjogren's & Mixed ... II & III) • Mixed
On the INR of FFP - why transfusing for INR < 1.7 is futile

FFP replaces a
replaces a relatively fixed ... or so, the same fixed
Flow Volume Loops - Common Patterns
A. Normal
B. Emphysema
C. Unilateral Main Stem Bronchial Obstruction
D. Fixed Upper Airway
Fixed Upper Airway
Arthrocentesis - Synovial Fluid Analysis
Normal < 150 WBC, Colorless/Straw color, High Viscosity
Noninflammatory < 3,000 WBC, Straw/yellow
50,000 WBC, Pus/mixed ... color, Mixed Viscosity
REBEL Review 54: Thromboelastogram (TEG) Interpretation

R Time - Time to start forming clot 
K Time -
clot reaches a fixed
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Vasculitis, in Mixed ... Meltzer's Triad - Mixed ... seen with the mixed ... Etiology - Mixed ... II and III are Mixed
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Agglutinin Disease Mixed-type