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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 ... CTEPH, ILD, Sarcoid ... 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
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
trauma (> 65 years old ... disease states Pathophysiology ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... 12-24 Hours • Fever
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
Pigmented Purpuric Dermatoses (PPD) - Capillaritis

Group of chronic, benign, cutaneous eruptions characterized by the presence of
Capillaritis Group of chronic ... Schamberg Disease: • Chronic ... brown tint of the rash ... Lichen Aureus: • Acute ... #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
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
) Pathophysiology ... trauma (> 65 years old ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... neck pain, fever