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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Anemia #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Honc #Anemia #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Microcytic #Macrocytic
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... of Anemia #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Honc #Anemia ... #Differential #Workup ... Macrocytic #Normocytic #Ddxof
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... • Immunologic Workup ... constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... count, and crystal evaluation ... diagnosis Treatment ... patient admitted for treatment
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... , oral ulcers, Lupus ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... management of SLE • Evolution
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
, inflammatory arthritis ... Classification: • Acute ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... lung syndrome Arthritis ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
hematology for workup ... blood loss, Acute ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Severe trauma, Acute
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... infections (bacterial), acute ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... • Acute = Viral ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... e.g AEIOU ) or anuria ... urgent nephrology evaluation ... LorinskyMD #AKI #Acute ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... joint • Systemic lupus ... the presence of anemia ... Screening Tests for Acute ... #laboratory #workup
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... idiopathic* Acute ... pericarditis) Uremia ... nodosa Rheumatoid arthritis ... syndrome Systemic lupus