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Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Digoxin toxicity Symptoms ... Presyncope PVC ... A PAC also has a ... than a PVC ... more intensive treatment
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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pattern: - PBC ... : - PBC, SSc ... , PBC/SSc OS, PBC ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine - Other causes ... Pruritis History and ... biliary Cholangitis (PBC ... Infiltrative diseases - PSC
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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Symptoms • Transmission ... • Differential ... Monkeypox #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology ... #treatment
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
) - Summary PBC ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... Signs and Symptoms ... patients • +ANA ... bile ducts Differential
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
cellars, barns and ... lake houses • ... Treatment: • ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... function test, ANA ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential ... #Workup #hematology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... initiation • Differential ... fluid overload, PCC ... APML #diagnosis #management
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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- Symptoms of ... reported (eg AIH-PBC ... : Auto-Nuclear ANA ... regarding need for treatment ... AIH #Diagnosis #Management
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... Culture & GS, PCR ... #microbiology