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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Fecal leukocytes ... fever, abdominal ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Workup Summary ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... • Food allergy/ ... unless reproducible reactions ... • If Diarrhea:
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
• Low grade fever ... ON LABORATORY EVALUATION ... Immediate type-skin reaction ... ABPA #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Product Types: • Leukocyte ... - Allergic ... cutaneous eruptions, diarrhea ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Allergic reaction ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... cutaneous eruptions, diarrhea ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
rare, Malar rash is ... • Immunologic Workup ... • Immunologic Workup ... of SLEEvolution ... #diagnosis #management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Actively maintained fever ... transfusion • Allergic ... reaction / anaphylaxis ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... 12-24 Hours • Fever ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... Risk for severe allergic ... #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
disease, drug reactions ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... vasculitis, and SLE ... ) • Urinalysis ... #rheumatology #
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL)
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent, 4:1 to 1:1 F:M
rare, Malar rash is ... rare in DIL, SCLE-DIL ... • Immunologic Workup ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management