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Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... algorithm Decreased ... Supplementation (oral ... Nephropathy Renin Normal ... #algorithm #nephrology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Smear • Drugs Oval ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
Vasculitis Management Algorithm ... followed by daily oral ... Ischemia → High-dose oral ... ACR2021 #Guidelines #algorithm ... #rheumatology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
and Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... Blood #Disorders #hematology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Diagnostic Criteria ... Recurrent, idiopathic oral ... test Most Common Clinical ... Features: • Painful, oral ... #criteria #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia, oral ... - CRP: Usually normal ... Management #Summary #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Manifestations: • Oral ... Ulcerations: Recurrent oral ... episodes of recurrent oral ... ulcerations • Oral ... Treatment: • Oral
Suggested algorithm for bone marrow biopsy and skeletal imaging in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
Suggested algorithm ... protein <1.5 gm/dL, normal ... whom there are no clinical ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #multiplemyeloma
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia, oral ... sle #comparison #table ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Clinical Manifestations of Human Herpes Viruses (HHV)

Herpes simplex virus 1	HSV-1	Frequently subclinical (80-90%) Oral lesions (10-20%) congenital
Clinical Manifestations ... subclinical (80-90%) Oral ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis ... #Comparison #Table