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A high-resolution 7.5- 10-MHz or higher linear array ultrasound transducer is used to perform an ocular
A high-resolution ... to perform an ocular ... Emergency ocular ... Able to assess for ... #clinical
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
So high index of ... clinical suspicion ... is required for diagnosis ... Frequent false-negative ... #table
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
bacilliformis: - Gram negative ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... Inflammation: high ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... → Mular DIAGNOSIS
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... (Clinical Dx). ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... exacerbations: high-dose
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
diuresis can be high ... (or too little relative ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
View Male with high ... Differential/diagnosis ... On ultrasound note ... #Neck #POCUS #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #Transverse
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... have achieved negative ... acute coronary syndrome ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #pharmacology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... pulmonary emboli, and ocular ... : • + Clinical ... levels >1g/L • Negative ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rheumatic pain Clinical ... : • A clinical ... diagnosis • Rule ... affected areas and if negative ... sites such as the collar
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... patients with a negative ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #Differential #Diagnosis