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Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Classification Diagnosis ... dominant inherited disease ... dominant inherited disease ... Classification #Types #Diagnosis ... #Treatment #management
Penicillin Allergy Pathway for Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With Penicillin Allergy
Mild Reaction - Itching, Minor rash
cephalosporin by Test ... there is a strong clinical ... and Infectious ... Disease services ... Prescription #algorithm #management
Algorithm for Suspected Penicillin Allergy in Patients Undergoing Surgery 

• Cephalosporins may be prescribed to patients
physicians use the clinical ... are diagnosed as ... skin-test positive ... those who are skin-test ... #Preoperative #Management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... history and known ... Stewardship #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
Graves disease – ... -99% sensitive and ... Graves disease! ... Check pregnancy test ... management options
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
clinical associations ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... tests - Ice cube ... test, TempTest ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... and Management ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test ... #management #criteria
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
• School Age and ... Conjunctivitis Clinical ... Infraorbital darkening and ... #Rhinitis #diagnosis ... #management
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Summary Clinical ... Carcinoma #RCC #Diagnosis ... #Management #Summary
Clinical features of varicose vein disease and Trendelenburg Brodie test for venous valve competence
Varicose veins result
Clinical features ... varicose vein disease ... Brodie test for ... TrendelenburgBrodie #test ... #physicalexam