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Mild Acne Treatment - Comedones (black/whiteheads), +/- few pustules 
1. Benzoyl Peroxide (BP) 
2. Topical Retinoid
Mild Acne Treatment ... First line pharmacologic ... ambcarerx #Acne #Treatment ... Management #Comedones #Pharmacology ... #Dermatology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... effect following treatment ... Thrombocytosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Oral Antibiotics for Acne - Indicated for Moderate-to-Severe Acne 
First-Line Drug Class: Tetracyclines 

In the last
Oral Antibiotics ... reviewed mild acne treatment ... specifically for acne treatment ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Dermatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Clindamycin in case of PCN ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Initial triage of the neutropenic adult - Algorithm for the evaluation and treatment of adult patients
evaluation and treatment ... Algorithm #workup #diagnosis ... #hematology #biopsy ... #indications #differential
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
anticholinergics, amantadine, antibiotics ... /insecticides, PCP ... Medication #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #OTISCAMPBELL
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
cases Drugs (antibiotics ... Mnemonic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
   -
Smith, Sm/RNP, Scl ... Scl100, Th/To, Scl ... -7, PL-12, MDA5, ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology