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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 ... , DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Epidemiology: • Young adults ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... , AS Treatment: ... #management #signs
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
at home or at work ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis in older adults ... with systemic, neurologic ... systemic sx + signs ... Treatment of GCA ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... • Fluid bolus (Adult ... examination and vital signs ... #Management #Workup
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
hypotension - Cardiac ... cardiogenic) - Pulmonary ... presyncope, exertional symptoms ... positive Romberg sign ... - Rheumatoid arthritis
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
to make it all work ... not forget the symptoms ... that glorious pulmonary ... Diagnosis by echocardiography ... turns into a cardiac