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MONKEYPOX
Poxviruses that infect humans range from life-threatening smallpox virus to the very contagious but benign molluscum
MONKEYPOX Poxviruses ... 2022, hundreds of cases ... Monkeypox virus ... As with many zoonoses ... first known human case
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
• Excessive fist ... TTKG should be high ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes ... #potassium #high
Monkeypox Skin Rash
30 yr F and her 6 yr daughter purchased 2 prairie dogs 10 days
Monkeypox Skin Rash ... Monkeypox associated ... .’ 1st human case ... zoonosis in tropical ... vesicles→pustules→crusts
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
Monkeypox What ... Monkeypox virus ... disease that is caused ... days • Prodrome: High ... lesions develop crusts
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
• Clenching of fist ... phlebotomy High ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #potassium #high
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
Summary of Monkeypox ... • Origins of Monkeypox ... spreads to body; can last ... important to keep a high ... - Case-fatality
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... thoughts on the list ... to think about high
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... Instead, pause, ... honestly, this list ... levels: normal/high ... about secondary causes
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
High Central Neuraxial ... Guidelines for Crises ... • Chin lift ... Consider other causes ... anaesthesia #High
The Effect of Zinc on the Enteral Absorption of Copper. Panel A shows how copper (Cu)
lumen by way of a high-affinity ... how zinc (Zn) causes ... metallothionein, it is lost