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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
into the baby's hands ... Stroke the perioral skin ... and extend, hands ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
women and age/2 ... variably: On one hand ... required due to skip ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Takayasu: • Age ... temporal artery • Age ... occasional oligoclonal bands ... #Rheumatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
under 6 years age ... When Cancer Cells are ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
• Mean age at Dx ... 70-75 years of age ... just beneath the skin ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... ) • Anti-Mi2 (skin ... MYOSITIS: • M > F • Age ... kinase levels are ... • Mechanic's hands