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PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
PFAPA Syndrome - ... EPIDEMIOLOGY: PFAPA ... exact cause of PFAPA ... Periodic fevers - PFAPA ... the body to drop precipitously
Precipitous Delivery and Postpartum Hemorrhage in the Emergency Department
 • Uncomplicated Delivery
 • Cephalic (head first)
Precipitous Delivery ... @emupdates #Precipitous
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Kawasaki disease, PFAPA
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
syndromes such as PFAPA
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Auto-Inflammatory: PAPA
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ervical adenopathy (PFAPA
Facial bruising- Marked bruising of the face can occur during delivery. It is more common when
the delivery is precipitous