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In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
based solely on symptoms ... With treatment, ... structural heart disease ... who never show symptoms ... or signs of heart
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
When present, symptoms ... , signs, and complications ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... von Willebrand disease ... #hematology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
caucasian • Symptoms ... Unilateral • Signs ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... /symptoms, positive ... q12h)x60 days • Pediatric ... 90-120 days • Pediatric
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... Diagnosis: HLH signs ... and symptoms can ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... #hematology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... life • M=F Symptoms ... and Signs: 50% ... and signs: • ... disease: Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... fever • Septic shock ... 40% Invasive Disease
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
(Granulomatous disease ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #classification
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... workup #oncology #hematology