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Diagnostic Criteria for Sweet Syndrome (Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis)
Major criteria 
 1. Abrupt onset of tender
1. ... 1. ... inflammatory disease, or pregnancy ... Excellent response to treatment ... rate >20 mm/h; positive
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis: • Use a positive ... • Rome IV Criteria ... for diagnosis Treatment ... gastroenterology #treatment
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Criteria for Diagnosis ... : 1. ... • SJS/TEN • Acute ... disease: symptomatic treatment ... Severe disease: 1.
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... HPS Diagnostic Criteria ... ) on room air Treatment ... #treatment #hepatology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... recurrent CDI • Fecal ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Summary Acute ... • Severe: Only 1% ... meningoencephalitis (Elderly and pregnant ... • Treatment: ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
B symptoms in 1/ ... through Ann Arbor criteria ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Summary Acute ... • Severe: Only 1% ... meningoencephalitis (Elderly and pregnant ... • Treatment: ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
vascular disease • Pregnancy ... Pulmonary (91%): Acute ... Diagnosis: 1) ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
disease states 1. ... shaped • Weakly positively ... Pseudogout: Treatment ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management