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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Candidiasis Inflammatory ... arthritis - Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... - Acute rheumatic
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
these conditions is ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... • Acute disseminated ... #neurology #inflammatory
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... background of a highly inflammatory ... release of pro-inflammatory ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Management #Hematology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory ... and less common diseases ... these conditions is ... diagnosis and treatment ... Non-inflammatory
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Inpatient Management Checklist
History and physical examination
 - Assess for disease severity
Inflammatory Bowel ... Disease (IBD) - ... Inpatient Management ... #IBD #Inflammatory ... #Bowel #Disease
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Activation of CD8 ... IFN-y) → Excessive activation ... production of pro-inflammatory ... Infections+++: Virus ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Note: Treatment ... is effective in ... patients with acute ... Preferred Therapy for Acute ... #management #opportunistic
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... • Irritable bowel ... diseaseInflammatory ... bowel disease ... aneurysms • Acute
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Rebound effect from treatment ... myelosuppressive agents • Inflammatory ... Vasculitides, IBD ... , Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... excessive macrophage activation ... age, however the disease ... presents as an acute ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management