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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Illness Script Signs ... Treatment: • Consider ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #hematology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
complications frequently ... systemic sx + signs ... systemic complaints- anemia ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
chest (in a V-sign ... CD8+ ratio are frequently ... Mechanic's hands #AntiMDA5DM ... #AntiMDA5 #Dermatomyositis ... #rheumatology #
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
neuropathy Treatment ... relapsing patients are frequently ... infection - GCs ... anti-infectious agents are frequently ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
presentation, and most frequently ... Diagnosis: HLH signs ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #hematology
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Albumin ≤3.0 g/dL, anemia ... score of LAD or RCA ... scores in LAD or RCA ... echo is positive, treatment ... clinical and lab signs
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
patients with GCA ... • Normocytic anemia ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Rheumatology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
(petechiae) • Frequent ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... marrow studies Treatment ... Immunosuppressive treatment ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Physical Exam/Signs ... • Neutropenia, anemia ... microglobulin Treatment ... workup #oncology #hematology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Increasingly severe/frequent ... double contour sign ... • Acute gout treatment ... +Radiographic signs ... #rheumatology