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Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
skin syndrome (SSS ... erythematous rash ... Nikolsky sign may ... reaction or an ... exposure reaction
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
extensive skin rash ... eruption that may ... Criteria for Diagnosis ... • SJS/TEN • Acute ... #management
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
ANA Labs: • ↑ESR ... mL Gf consider MAS ... Stills #disease #AOSD ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Petechial or purpuric rash ... erythematosus [SLE], AOSD ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Crossmatch - involves testing ... maculopapular rash ... false negatives on testing ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
maculopapular rash ... anti-HLA or anti-HNA ... false negatives on testing ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
and initial management ... individual patient may ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #HIT ... Thrombocytopenia #Algorithm
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
Criteria for diagnosis ... shaped on tissue sections ... cytopenias or meeting ... hemepath #pathology #algorithm ... #diagnosis #clinical
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
three weeks Clinical ... • Genital, anal ... Polymerase chain reaction ... Monkeypox #MPOX #Diagnosis ... #Management #Dermatology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the knee-jerk reaction ... only 5% of the resting ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare