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Elbow Ossification Centers by Age - CRITOE Mnemonic

The ages at which these ossification centers appear are
- CRITOE Mnemonic ... variable, but as ... capitellum R - radial ... epicondyle #Diagnosis ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Ossification centers of the elbow - CRITOE Mnemonic 

The ages at which these ossification centers appear
The ages at ... variable, but as ... capitellum R - radial ... epicondyle #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pediatrics
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
You
Mental Status Exam ... , and apparent age ... appears stated age ... of illness, the symptoms ... MSE #psychiatry #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... pain that worsens as ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
+ MPO-ANCA MEDIUM ... Takayasu: - Age ... temporal artery - Age ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... aortic aneurysm • Medium
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to 40 years of age ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Medium and large ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Reactive Arthritis, AS
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... at autopsy • Age ... life • M=F Symptoms ... temperature >40C), mental ... certain drugs (such as
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... Takayasu: • Age ... temporal artery • Age ... primary condition MEDIUM ... • Progressive symptoms
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
• Mean age at Dx ... 70 years Symptoms ... Exposure to heavy metal ... blood count with differential ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
children with a median ... age of onset ranging ... can also be seen as ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... Serial CBC counts