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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 ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Complications: MAS ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Lactic Acidosis - Classification and Differential Diagnosis
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Inadequate Oxygen Delivery
 • Anaerobic muscular
- Classification ... and Differential Diagnosis ... with underlying disease ... Pancreatitis, Renal ... failure, Short bowel syndrome
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... , renal, musculoskeletal ... Musculoskeletal • Trauma ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... Renal Syndromes ... life-threatening diseases ... #Renal #Syndromes ... #management #treatment
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... Wall: • Acute: Trauma ... Chronic: Metabolic acidosis ... (eg, DM, renal
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... restrictive lung disease ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
	•
- Differential Diagnosis ... polymyositis • Adult-onset ... Still's disease ... Subcutaneous emphysema Renal ... : • Morbihan disease
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... highly inflammatory disease ... arthritis (sJIA) • Adult-onset ... Still disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Burns • Trauma ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Metabolic acidosis ... • Addison’s disease
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Burns • Trauma ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Metabolic acidosis ... • Addison’s disease