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Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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• Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Fatigue • Acute ... (Pancytopenia, WBC ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... Causes #Hematology #Oncology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... rheumatic fever • Chronic ... • Acute = Viral ... hepatitis, herpes • Chronic ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
, erythema and WBC ... the time course (acute ... noninflammatory Signs ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... asymmetric pattern Acute
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
assessment - Vital signs ... /Mg/Phos - CBC ... tox/infectious workup ... Trauma - Acute ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Physical Exam/Signs ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... the presence of anemia ... Screening Tests for Acute ... Screening Tests for Chronic ... #laboratory #workup
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... of the joints (arthritis ... Episcleritis Signs ... - CBC may also ... #dermatology #oncology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
including Ca/Mg/Phos), CBC ... - Infectious workup ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... monitoring (vital signs ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
, inflammatory arthritis ... Classification: • Acute ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... with Lupus: • Chronic