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Antidepressant Medications Decision Aid
 - The choice of depression medications in primary care is difficult as
care is difficult as ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #PrimaryCare #Psychiatry ... Antidepressants #Comparison ... SNRIs #Selection #Pharmacology
Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements - Strengths and Weaknesses
(via https://twitter.com/JACCJournals/status/1088104323354185730 )

Clinic Measurements:
• BP measured
• Less precise as ... the accuracy of readings ... the floor • BP readings ... Home #Ambulatory #Management ... #PrimaryCare #Comparison
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
blue bloaters, as ... have an overlap syndrome ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... #Diagnosis #COPD ... #BlueBloaters #Comparison
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... inflammation, leading ... permeability Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... inflammatory lung injury, leading ... clear cause such as ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... IL-1 and IL-6, leading ... Periodic fever syndromes ... hypersensitivity syndromes ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... guide etiology & management ... abdominal compartment syndrome ... or postpyloric feeding ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis
Inherited Qualitative Platelet Defects
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
 • Defect of adhesion due to a lack of GP Ib/IX/V
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome ... sensorineural hearing ... Grey Platelet Syndrome ... Platelet #Defects #comparison ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... can cause harm as ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... coagulopathy, RRT/IMV as ... Differentiation #Syndrome ... #management #hematology