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Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Diagnosis and Treatment ... drug reaction - ... first taking the medication ... cell-mediated in > 90% of cases ... Types #Diagnosis #Treatment
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... after years of treatment ... #Medications #Drugs ... #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Helminthic: Loffler syndrome ... coccidioidomycosis), Allergic ... (ABPA, ABPM) Medications ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Signs (DRESS Syndrome): Formerly known as drug hypersensitivity reaction, DRESS
represents
Drug Reaction with ... Formerly known as drug ... associated with allergic ... reaction to medication ... (in this case Tegretol
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Signs (DRESS Syndrome): Formerly known as drug hypersensitivity reaction, DRESS
represents
Drug Reaction with ... Formerly known as drug ... associated with allergic ... reaction to medication ... (in this case Tegretol
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... for secondary causes ... are asthma, allergy ... , drug reaction, ... glucocorticoid treatment
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
a.k.a. extrinsic allergic ... ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonitis • Medication-induced ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... #causes
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... pneumonia • COVID ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #Steroids #Indications
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... maintained fever CAUSES ... transfusion • Allergic ... anaphylaxis (→ 3-1) Drug ... #Differential #Causes
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Temp • ACS • Drugs ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Heart block Medications ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes