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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Nausea, abdominal pain ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... test, TempTest ... #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
chills, flank pain ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold # ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - ... Claudication) - Cold ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Erectile ... • Spinal Cord ... • Chronic Pain ... #Algorithm #endocrinology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... present both at rest ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
matter, spinal cord ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
super-antigen mediated disease ... or without back pain ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... MCTD - Bechet disease
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... can drive this disease ... As with many disease ... Best to have an ... #Algorithm #workup
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... Ischemic heart disease ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... determine if stress test ... stratification #diagnosis