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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... diagnosis and treatment ... causes: • Susac syndrome ... • Sjögren syndrome ... #inflammatory #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... 3) UOP > 0.5 cc ... criticalcare #algorithm #treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... symptomatology Differential ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... Investigations • Labs: CBC ... #differential #
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Treatment
Stop offending agents:
 • List as allergies
Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome ... Treatment Stop ... monitoring: • CBC ... BrighamChiefs #DRESS #Syndrome ... #Treatment #Management
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Artifact (redo CBC ... effect following treatment ... Thrombocytosis #Differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Disease (Screen with CBC ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... - Causes and Treatment ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Treatment
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
- Generalized Differential ... Hyperthyroidism CBC ... & Differential: ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... #dermatology #Differential
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... 21 • Noonan Syndrome ... • Turner Syndrome ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... #ShortStature #Differential