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Clinical Features and Complications of β-thalassaemia Major
 - Pallor
 - Jaundice
 - Bossing of the skull
hepatomegaly - Need ... BThalassaemia #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Features
Epiploic Appendagitis
Epiploic appendages = Small fat-filled pouches of visceral peritoneum that hang from teniae coli
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7% of patients diagnosed ... Self-limited, NSAIDs, no need ... #Appendagitis #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
/ # of people diagnosed ... hospitalized for medical need ... hospitalized for medical need ... in cases with symptoms ... of cases with symptoms
Evaluation and Management of Hyperkalemia

As with hypokalemia, the immediate danger of hyperkalemia is its effect on
determining the need ... The absence of symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
points Serology (need ... Phase reactants (need ... points Duration of symptoms ... Rheumatoid #Arthritis #diagnosis
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
excluded more common diagnoses ... Responsive, ~2/3 still need ... Constitutional Symptoms ... Eosinophilic #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Hunter's Decision Rule (Sensitivity 84%, Specificity 97%), Sternbach's criteria - Need 3 of 10 symptoms: (Sensitivity
Sternbach's criteria - Need ... 3 of 10 symptoms ... specificity 96%) #Diagnosis
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
predictive of death or need ... active disease symptoms ... daily help, often symptoms ... Frail – People need ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
onset of muscle symptoms ... Myalgia/Myopathy Symptoms ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... statin — then need ... toxicity #myopathy #diagnosis
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria - Definition

> 100,000 colony forming units of a single pathogen on two urine cultures
patient without symptoms ... itself indicate need ... is a clinical diagnosis ... #Diagnosis # ... Diagnosis #Asymptomatic