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Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
Supportive with treatment ... Fever, RUQ pain rapidly ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
production • Treatment ... uncontrollably • Can be rapidly ... Serotonin syndrome • Treatment ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Presentation / Diagnosis ... Diagnosis via genetic ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... rapidly, and empiric ... #management #treatment
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... Treatment: Treatment ... cause and avoid rapid ... 8 mEq/L/day) Rapid ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Treatment ... Diagnosis is primarily ... • Rapid correction ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
overload Post-TAVR: Rapid ... Left #Ventricle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #cardiology #treatment
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Responsive to Treatment ... correlated with rapid ... growth, response to treatment ... pathophysiology #Hematology #Diagnosis
SKIN RASHES 



Skin rashes can occur from a variety of factors, including infections, heat, allergens, immune
A rapid and accurate ... diagnosis is critically ... important to make treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
presents with rapidly ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
should resolve rapidly ... retrosternal chest pain Diagnosis ... third of esophagus Treatment ... : - Treatment of ... Esophageal #Necrosis #diagnosis