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TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
explain symptoms • Fever ... : 33% • Treatment ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... : No • Treatment ... #diagnosis #comparison
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... production • Treatment ... BrighamChiefs #Fever ... #Hyperthermia #comparison
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Enlargement on Echocardiogram ... Have you ever ... Enlargement #Severe #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram

PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm after
Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram ... High grade fever ... Pseudoaneurysm #Echocardiogram ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
correlates with time of fever ... Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least ... AOSD #diagnosis #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
: High spiking fever ... Systemic AOSD: high fever ... synovitis (40%) Treatment ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... if neutropenic fever ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #hematology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Aortic Valve (AV) Level ... Mitral Valve (MV) Level ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad: Fever ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology