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Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis ... Diagnostic Criteria ... Abnormal pathergy test ... #Diagnosis #criteria ... #rheumatology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Symptoms and Signs ... Criteria - Either ... positive T. whipplei test ... #management #criteria
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
ratio > 1 in V2 • Wellens ... sign A - Biphasic ... chest pain • Wellens ... sign B - Deeply ... #EKG #diagnosis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
quadrant discomfort Signs ... associated autoimmune disease ... (e.g. dryness of ... of autoimmune disease ... PBC if 2/3 criteria
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... • kidney disease ... #diagnosis #Interpretation ... #Induration #Criteria
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Management Summary Diagnostic ... Criteria: • Elevated ... present, symptoms, signs ... von Willebrand disease ... #hematology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... with more severe disease ... Treatment: • ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
clinical symptoms/signs ... metabolic syndrome criteria ... Areas of diagnostic ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology