15 results
Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Ex: Antibiotic allergies ... Autoimmune Hemolytic anemia ... Gravis, Graves' Disease ... Antigen-Ab immune complexes ... #Types #Classification
Wide Complex Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Irregular
 • Polymorphic VT
    - Torsades
Wide Complex Tachycardia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nonstructural Heart Disease ... LindseyShipley8 #WideComplex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Types of hypersensitivity reactions

Type I - lgE-Mediated, Within I Hour (Anaphylaxis)
Type II - IgG or IgM
Days (Hemolytic Anemia ... Type Ill - Immune Complex-Mediated ... Rash, SJS) - Amelia ... reactions #Types #Classification ... #Allergy #Diagnosis
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
, Drug allergies ... reaction, Haemolytic disease ... Antigen-antibody complex ... Antigen-antibody complexes ... #table #classification
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Poisoning • Anemia ... #MCV #Classification ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
When the specific allergen ... , and drug allergies ... during hemolytic disease ... Antigen-antibody complexes ... Hypersensitivity #Types #Classification
Pediatric Mouth Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Teeth:
 • Teething
Painful - Gastrointestinal:
 • Crohn's Disease
 • Ulcerative
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Other: • Gum Disease ... Sore • Herpes Simplex ... Inflammation: • Allergic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach to Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Marrow ... #Classification ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Penicillin Allergy Pathway for Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With Penicillin Allergy
Mild Reaction - Itching, Minor rash
Penicillin Allergy ... If infectious disease ... syndrome, Hemolytic anemia ... and Infectious Disease ... #Prescription #algorithm
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... post-splenectomy, Exercise, Allergic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm