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Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Pleural Effusion (MPE ... Pleural #Effusion #MPE
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
pleural effusion (MPE ... attributable to the MPE ... Pleural #Effusions #MPE
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
pleural effusion (MPE ... attributable to the MPE
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
polyangiitis (MPA ... associated with MPO ... polyangiitis - MPO ... polyangiitis - MPO ... #CANCA #PANCA #MPO
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
C-ANCA): GPA >>> MPA ... > eGPA • MPO-ANCA ... P-ANCA): eGPA, MPA
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
polyangiitis - MPO ... PR3 (80-90%) > MPO ... involvement - PR3>MPO ... Churg-Strauss) - MPO ... Anti-GBM disease - MPO
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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myeloperoxidase (MPO-ANCA ... present in >90%, MPO ... Granulomas - MPO ... (10-40% ANCA +MPO ... myeloperoxidase (MPO
ANCA Associated Vasculitis (AAV) - Auto-antibodies and Differential Diagnosis

MPA → usually p-ANCA
GPA → usually c-ANCA
EGPA →
Differential Diagnosis MPA ... 50% P-ANCA (MPO
Cheatsheet for Malignant Hyperthermia in Anesthesia 

 - Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD

#Malignant #Hyperthermia #Anesthesia
Mark Harris, MD MPH
Physiologic, Anatomic and Pharmacologic Differences in Pediatric Anesthesiology

- Mark Harris, MD MPH
@MarkHarrisMD

#Pediatrics #Anesthesiology #Peds #Differences #Adults
Mark Harris, MD MPH