37 results
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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• Reticular/AMA ... , PBC/SSc OS, PBC ... /SjS OS - AMA ... body-like: - Neurologic ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
 •
Patterns Reticular/AMA ... PBC/SSc OS, PBC/ ... SjS OS • AMA Speckled ... body-like: • Neurologic ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #ANA
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
heart disease Causes ... Presyncope PVC ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... A PAC also has a ... than a PVC
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
) - Summary PBC ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... progresses • +AMA ... 1.5 x ULN • AMA ... bile ducts Differential
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
hyper/hypoactive, POC ... stabilize: AMS ... the underlying cause ... #criticalcare # ... encephalopathy #differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
is important, as ... Inflammatory causes ... encephalomyelitis • MOG antibody-associated ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
Causes of ileitis ... amyloidosis as ... well as medications ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... #GI #Ileitis #Differential
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
and/or physiologically ... may not be as applicable ... emergency airway management ... prediction models only focus ... Diagnosis #EM #PCC
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Antinuclear Antibody ... pattern: • SSc, PBC ... dots pattern: • PBC ... #Antinuclear #Antibody ... Nuclear #Patterns #differential
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... pts will accept PCC ... anticoagulants as ... #patient #ICU #CriticalCare ... #Management