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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Peritonitis Clinical ... • Chills • Abdominal ... stain/culture Management ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary ... Clinical Exam: ... osteomyelitis, trauma ... cervical, anal Cxs ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #management #signs
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis ... fraction < 20% Differential ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... AP, ↑INR, ↑BUN/Cr ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral ... Maternal Support - Critical
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... peripheral neuropathy so ... trauma and joint ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... patient’s absolute SBP ... less compliant arteries ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Trauma • Heart
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... relatively common, so ... Differential diagnosis ... #Gout #Gouty #Arthritis ... #msk #rheumatology
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Diagnosis/differential ... No other intra-abdominal ... Labeled Schematic ... FAST #Positive #trauma ... #clinical #ultrasound
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... initiating steroids, so ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Management