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Important Respiratory Distress Pearls

#diagnosis #respiratory #distress #NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS #neonatal #pediatric #adult #respiratory #adverse #effects
Distress Pearls #diagnosis ... NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS ... neonatal #pediatric #adult ... adverse #effects #pulmonary
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Complications: MAS ... hepatitis • Pulmonary
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Wilson's disease Pulmonary ... Spondyloarthropathies, SLE • Pulmonary ... , Gonococcal arthritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious: • Acute ... Post-op surgery • Trauma ... Non malignant hematologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
- Diagnosis and ... osteomyelitis, trauma ... diagnosis Treatment ... washout • Healthy Adults ... pediatrics but NOT adults
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... → Refer to hematology ... • Nonmalignant hematologic ... infarction, Severe trauma ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary ... SCC) - cavitary pulmonary ... - rheumatoid arthritis ... tuberculosis T: trauma ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... , Sarcoidosis, Adult ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... (sJIA) • Adult-onset ... juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis ... vascular - pulmonary ... infection - pulmonary ... staph aureus) T = trauma ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis