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Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
syndrome (SSS) in infants ... Nikolsky sign, the differential ... diagnosis includes ... Kawasaki disease ... #Differential
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Ischemia • Infarct ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
suspected incomplete Kawasaki ... Infants ≤6 months ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... within 10 d of fever ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Endocarditis, Rheumatic Fever ... Chronic - Aorta: • Infxn ... #cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Mountain Spotted fever ... virus, yellow fever ... Churg-Strauss syndrome, Kawasaki's ... Myocarditis #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Diagnosis Framework ... abdominal pain • Kawasaki ... Coronary arteries - Fever ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... testes -> pain, infarct