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TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... : 33% • Treatment ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria ... Nugget on Light's Criteria ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Summary Diagnostic Criteria ... When present, symptoms ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... the reduction of symptoms ... #hematology
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Symptoms ... included in DSM 5 criteria ... suicide Other Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... • Indolent symptoms ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
• Rome IV Criteria ... last 3 months + symptom ... for diagnosis Treatment ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... gastroenterology #treatment
Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Well's Criteria for PE
 • Clinical Signs and Symptoms of DVT
for Suspected Pulmonary ... Embolism Well's Criteria ... for PE • Clinical ... Signs and Symptoms
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... deep breathing Pulmonary ... effusion/Tamponade Hematologic ... • Sepsis • Psychiatric ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Chronic Chest Symptoms ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... ), (neurologic/psychiatric ... or if a primary hematologic ... Causes #Workup #hematology