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Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc
Comparison of oral OTC antihistamines.

Clinical practice guidelines (PMID: 25644617) recommend 2nd-generation/less sedating oral antihistamines for adult
Comparison of oral OTC ... interactions, age, etc ... #medications #OTC
Summary of Agents Potentially Contributing to False Positives on Urine Drug Screens (UDS)
Marijuana Metabolites
 • dronabinol,
I-methamphetamine (OTC ... short-chain alcohols, OTC
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
to HDS, drugs, OTC ... medications, Hidden OTC
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Cycle Defects • OTC
The JT Interval and Pro-Arrhythmic Risk
Measured from the J-point to the end of the T-wave, the
JTc=QTc-QRS When ... Interval #JTInterval #QTc
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Severe Disease → Remission
oral or pulse IV GC ... with CYC over GC ... Induction Therapy: non-GC ... MTX or AZA) with GC ... over GC alone
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
by daily oral GC ... with TCZ over GC ... , can consider GC ... with MTX or GC ... with MTX or GC
Some H1 antihistaminic Drugs in Clinical Use
1st Generation Antihistamines:
Ethanolamjnes - Carbinoxamine (Clistin), Dimenhydrinate (salt of diphenhydramine)(Dramamine),
Hydroxyzine (Atarax, etc ... Meclizine (Bonine, etc ... Chlor-Trimeton, etc ... Loratadine (Claritin, etc ... Cetirizine (Zyrtec, etc
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) - ANCA Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021
, Reduced dose GC ... Remission Induction: GC ... +MTX over GC+RTX ... , GC+CYC, GC+AZA ... , GC+MMF or GC alone