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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Asthma attack, ILD ... , COPD, CTEPH, ILD ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic ... instability - New-onset fever ... with rash - Mucocutaneous ... sulfa-drug - Skin ... #Dermatology #Rash
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Back pain • Skin ... Chronic abdominal
Acute Schistosomiasis: Katayama Fever
 • Most common in travelers and children
 • "Swimmers Itch" in the
Acute Schistosomiasis ... or urticarial rash ... arthralgias, diarrhea, abdominal ... #diagnosis #clinical ... #photo
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Joint Pain Rash ... Dermatomyositis Erythema chronicum ... • Rheumatic fever ... gangrenosum • IBD ... #differential #diagnosis
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
skin condition ... skin condition, ... children with acute ... observed in acute ... #differential #diagnosis
Moccasin-variety Tinea Pedis 
70 M chronic scaly feet. Over the years: rash has itched only occasionally;
Pedis 70 M chronic ... Over the years: rash ... Diagnosis? ... skin of inflamed ... type #clinical #photo
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases • Acute ... cough, SOB • Chronic ... of asthma, CF; Chronic ... loss; CV, CNS, skin ... #differential #diagnosis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... sudden onset of a rash ... - Rash: multiple ... general feeling of ill ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
rash in association ... Fever >38.5 2. ... Skin involvement ... • SJS/TEN • Acute ... withdrawal • Mild