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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
common sites: hip, shoulder ... • Differentiate ... SickleCell #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Liver Abscess - Differential Diagnosis
Pyogenic:
 • Hepatobiliary
 • Colonic
 • Bacteremia
Entamoeba histolytica:
 • Fecal/oral
 • Colitis
Liver Abscess - Differential ... Diagnosis Pyogenic ... • Stool O+P, PCR ... • PAIR + albendazole ... #Diagnosis
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Smith, Sm/RNP, Scl ... -7, PL-12, MDA5, ... body-like: - Neurologic ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
disease and these should ... Malignancy - Night pain ... splenomegaly, abnormal neurology ... cell disease Rheumatology ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Mechanisms of Pain ... Well-localized, sharp, short ... #Mechanisms #Neurology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... associated with rheumatologic ... trapezius ridges or shoulders ... it difficult to differentiate ... comparison #Table #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... should be based ... antiretroviral therapy should ... CNS #Infections #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... axial (spine, shoulders ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... , shoulders Signs ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... #management #rheumatology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... of hypokalemia starts ... Clinicians should ... #causes #nephrology