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Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... - Classical signs ... lesions, splinter hemorrhages ... #Management #Summary
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Full Set of Vital Signs ... and Survey 4) Workup ... #Management #Summary
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary ... failure PBC Signs ... No extrahepatic biliary ... #workup #hepatology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs ... bloody fluid; hemorrhagic ... concentration (bowel or biliary ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
bruising in severe hemorrhagic ... Imaging findings Workup ... • Imaging: US (biliary ... MRCP (necrosis, biliary ... CTA if suspect hemorrhage
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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skin thickening Signs ... : PBC (primary biliary ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #testing #workup
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management Summary ... Diagnostic Criteria ... present, symptoms, signs ... ), Thrombosis, Hemorrhage ... #Management #Summary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... with pulmonary hemorrhage ... Pulmonary: pulmonary hemorrhage ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... red eye (severe ciliary ... acute cerebellar hemorrhage ... #headache #signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
short posterior ciliary ... with splinter hemorrhages ... Doppler US : halo sign ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis