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Acute Pancreatitis vs Chronic Pancreatitis
Causes
Signs & Symptoms
Lipase
Imaging
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications

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#Acute #Chronic #Pancreatitis #comparison #diagnosis #table
Acute Pancreatitis ... Causes Signs & ... Symptoms Lipase ... Treatment Complications ... #table
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
5) History of acute ... or chronic ingestion ... /exposure Symptoms ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... #Salicylate #Aspirin
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... but stable or chronic ... and progressive Acute ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Management #Signs
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... lymphadenopathy more ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Treated Like Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... to 12 weeks for acute ... : • Acute or chronic ... fever • Septic shock
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... POLYARTHRITIS • 5 or more ... #MSK #rheumatology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #table #foamed
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
female at birth are more ... presents with an acute ... stiffness lasting more ... TREATMENT: • The ... for PMR is a chronic