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Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Mnemonic NO cause ... TB Viral: HSV ... , EBV, HIV, HepB ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Infectious: HAV ... , HCV, HEV, EBV, ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #hepatology
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Cervical: EBV ... , CMV, HIV, Toxo ... , EBV, Mycobacterial ... #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis for Generalized Lymphadenopathy

Viral
• HIV 
• EBV 
• CMV 
• HBV 
• Dengue 
• Rubella
Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphadenopathy Viral • HIV ... • EBV • CMV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Algorithm
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Ferritin >1000 ng ... Infections+++: Virus (EBV ... biologics (CMV +++, EBV ... Treatment: • ... of emergency, ICU
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... (COVID19, CMV/EBV ... , HIV), clostridial ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
- 11 million diagnoses ... conjunctiva • HSV ... (herpangina), EBV ... , CMV, HIV-1 Bacterial ... #differential #diagnosis
Hip Dislocation - Posterior dislocation (90%): Typically presents with hip flexed and adducted; 5-15% of posterior
Hip Dislocation ... Anterior dislocation ... externally rotated #Dagnosis ... #EM #Ortho #Hip ... Classification #Anterior
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... Liver #Injury #Diagnosis
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
- NEJM 1999 - ICU ... - NEJM 2011 - Hip ... unnecessary and cause ... /vmoitra) #EBM