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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
cell) Arteritis Risk ... • Age (almost never ... Constitutional symptoms ... loss (amaurosis fugax ... GiantCell #Arteritis #Diagnosis
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
ARDS to explain symptoms ... • Fever and hypotension ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... Constitutional symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... infection • Cough, fever ... normal glucose level ... • Isolated fever
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Fungal Biomarkers ... useful in high risk ... post-2010 almost never ... Galactomannan #diagnosis ... #comparison
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... • Rheumatic fever ... streptococci (rheumatic fever ... #MSK #rheumatology
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
(tuberculosis, fungal ... hypotension develops • Risk ... • Low-grade fever ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... Bone Groups at risk ... Ill temper • Fever ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... Mountain spotted fever
COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Compared
Shingrix vs Moderna vs Pfizer vs Johnson & Johnson vs Influenza
Local Pain,
Headache, Chills, Fever ... , GI Symptoms Jesse ... O’Shea MD, MSc ... Pfizer #COVID19 #comparison ... #diagnosis #allergy
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Neutropenic fever ... : - Fever + ANC ... > 4 days → add fungal ... or HSCT - CRS: fever ... : fever, weight