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Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hereditary ... spherocytosis Acquired ... Recent travel/Fevers ... #Algorithm #causes
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... , Hypotension, shock ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #differential #causes
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
suspicion is required ... features: Fever ... features: Fever ... in up to 30% of cases ... #table
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... Vitamin C is required ... poor nutrition Clinical ... Ill temper • Fever ... , or any other cause
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #foamed
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
You have to pause ... by frame. ... Clinical diagnosis ... Hemodynamically stable ... tamponade of shock