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Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Child with Chronic Asthma ... and frequency of symptoms ... rhinitis needing treatment ... Stress #Chronic #Asthma ... diagnosis #peds #pediatrics
Palpable Purpura seen in Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP, IgA Vasculitis)

55 year old male on tuberculosis treatment
Palpable Purpura ... Henoch Schonlein Purpura ... on tuberculosis treatment ... #Purpura #Henoch ... clinical #photo #dermatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... • Progressive symptoms ... capillaritis, palpable ... Eosinophilia, asthma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
workup for specific symptoms ... common causes are asthma ... glucocorticoid treatment ... organ-specific signs or symptoms ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology
Diagnosis of IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura) - French Vasculitis Study Group 

1) Suggestive clinical manifestations
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura ... - Symmetric palpable ... purpura mainly ... HSP #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... scleritis • Palpable ... Skin -> causing palpable ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Petechiae • Purpura ... • Palpable variants ... Hemorrhagic bullae • Purpura ... + Bleeding Treatment ... #management #hematology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hemorrhage (DAH), asthma ... • Cutaneous: palpable ... purpura 2/2 vasculitis ... or serologies + symptoms ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
multiforme-like lesions, palpable ... purpura, Pathergy ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #rheumatology #
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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- Symptoms of ... Anti-Smooth Muscle Abs (ASMA ... regarding need for treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Hepatology