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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... procedures - Infection ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... #hematology
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Disease Diagnosis ... Hepatitis C, HIV • Medical ... Commercial sex worker ... #differential #
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Clinical History ... on the cause Infections ... Inflammatory diseases ... #Differential #
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... e.g., HIV), EBV infection ... • Clinical features ... Etiology: - Infections ... #hematology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine Histo ... Diseases Fellows ... #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... pulmonary disease ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
requires special media ... epidemiological factors, history ... antimicrobials, clinical ... Diseases Fellows ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Endemic fungi: Histo ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
microscopy and serial ... likely it will be clinically ... Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Infection ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential