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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... evaluation as 5 ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... #Classification ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... Disease • Acute ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... diseases - HIV infection ... Interstitial lung ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... #Differential #Causes
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... massiliense in CF ... Hematologic malignancy
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular Causes ... syndrome, Congestion/CHF ... Liver Injury: • Infectious ... CA, small cell lung ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Acute Hemolytic ... Transfusion Related Acute ... Lung Injury (TRALI ... patients with CHF ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Acute Hemolytic ... Transfusion Related Acute ... Lung Injury (TRALI ... patients with CHF ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... presents with an acute ... • An evaluation ... Also consider an evaluation ... hypothyroidism, infection
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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first step in evaluation ... Include: • Viral infections ... (acute HIV, HBV ... ovarian tumors, lung ... inflammation (acute