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Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
• Painful • Hair ... Dermatology #Diagnosis #Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
excess facial hair ... #criticalcare #management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... hyperhidrosis, hair ... MRI+contrast Management ... Acromegaly #Diagnosis #Management
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
disposable cap to cover hair ... Checklist #SARSCoV2 #Management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... hemorrhages • Corkscrew hairs ... Nutrition #Diagnosis #Management
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... rising from a chair ... comb or brush hair ... PMR #Diagnosis #Management
Hair Apposition Technique (HAT) for Scalp Lacerations
Look how well the hair tie brings together these wound
Hair Apposition ... Look how well the hair ... Hair must be at ... Clean surrounding hair ... adhere to wet hair
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Framework for Hair ... Localized / Focal Hair ... Alopecia: - Hair ... - Broken Hair ... (male pattern hair
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... scalp and facial hair ... universalis (all body hair ... • Congenital hair ... abnormalities - Hair
This trichobezoar was extracted from a teenage patient with trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) & trichophagia (compulsive hair-eating).
trichotillomania (hair-pulling ... trichophagia (compulsive hair-eating