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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... Risks factor for HIV ... peripheral blood smear, HIV ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... complications of HIV ... (syphilis, HIV-associated ... neurocognitive disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... etc) - Viral: HIV ... infiltration: malignancy, infection ... #Framework #hematology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Mild anemia • Thrombocytopenia ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... acquisition in which no diagnostic ... disease progression ... #diagnosis
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lesions) • Fifth Disease ... rash) • Primary HIV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Quinidine • HIT ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Differential Diaqnoses ... : • Infectious ... Coxsackie, CMV, EBV, HIV ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases ... - Differential Diagnosis ... nodosa, SLE • Infectious ... : HIV, Lyme, Neurosyphilis ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
or peripheral neurologic ... disease • Myasthenia ... Sarcoidosis • Infections ... - HIV ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... SLE) - Viral infections ... Ig A vasculitis/HSP ... • HCV, HBV Not ... #hematology #rheumatology