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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
and Management Summary ... erythropoietin 1/ ... complications can ... with evidence of acquired ... #treatment #hematology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
and Management Summary ... * Bloating not required ... for diagnosis Treatment ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... gastroenterology #treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... - Diagnosis and ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... #Community #Acquired
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... AM stiffness, >1 ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #management #rheumatology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... last 3 months + symptom ... the following: 1. ... * Bloating not required ... lactoferrin + CRP
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
Herein, viewers can ... #diagnosis #causes ... Dermatol. 2018;138(1) ... /hyperactivity symptoms ... Res. 2012;138(1)
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
and Management Summary ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... Criteria: • Grade 1: ... Polyethylene glycol can ... #hepatology