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CEAP Classification of Chronic Venous Disorders C1: Telangiectasia, Reticular Veins C2: Varicose Veins C3: Edema C4a: Pigmentation and/or eczema C5: Healed Wound C6: Open Wound / Venous Ulcer #CEAP #Classification #Chronic #Venous #Disorders #varicose #veins #diagnosis #clinical

Causes of Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Inherited • Membrane • Internal - Hemoglobin - Enzyme Acquired • Environment - Microangiopathic - Macroangiopathic • Membrane - Antibody/DAT+ - Complement/DAT- • Internal - Infectious - Toxic - Sophia Hayes MD @Sophia_Hayes_MD #Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential #Diagnosis #Causes #hematology

Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries Takayasu's arteritis: - Onset < 40 yrs - Limb claudication - Arterial bruit - Asymmetric pulse/BP Giant cell arteritis: - Onset 50 yrs - Cranial symptoms (Headache, jaw claudication, double vision, vision loss) Polyarteritis nodosa: - Skin nodules, livedo - Abdominal pain - Testicular pain (men) - Mononeuritis multiplex ANCA vasculitis: - Recurrent sinusitis - pulmonary nodules - Hemoptysis - Glomerulonephritis - Leukocytoclastic vasculitis Behcet's disease: - Oral and genital Sores - Ulceration GI tract - Ocular inflammation - Venous/arterial thrombosis IgG4-related disease: - Lymphadenopathy - Salivary/Lacrimal swelling - Orbital pseudotumor - Retroperitoneal fibrosis - Autoimmune pancreatitis Erdheim-Chester disease: - Bone pain (osteosclerosis) - Right atrial pseudotumor - Exophthalmos - Perirenal fibrosis - Xanthelasma #CoronaryArtery #Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology #Table

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Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella, N. gonorrhea, Syphilis • Viral: HSV I/II, VZV, CMV, HIV • Fungal: Candida spp, Aspergillus spp, Cryptococcus, Endemic mycoses, Fusarium spp., Zygomycetes • Mycobacterial: M. chelonae, M. tuberculosis, M. abscessus, M. fortuitum, M. leprae • Parasitic: Leishmaniasis, Acanthamoeba, Onchocerciasis, Loa loa, Dirofilaria, Toxocariasis By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast] #skin #eye #ocular #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Differential #Diagnosis #viral #fungal #Microbiology

JAK Inhibitors in 2019 Role in the therapeutic strategy in 2019 • RA: 2nd line after failure of conventional DMARDs • PsoArth: after failure of NSAID, cDMARDs and/or biologics • Ulcerative colitis: 3rd line after failure of 5-ASA, GCs, cDMARDS and anti-TNF-apha Efficacy (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis) • Superior to methotrexate • Noninferior to combination of methotrexate + anti-TNFapha • Efficacy as early as 3 weeks • Maximum efficacy at 3 mo. By Romain Muller via Dr. Benjamin Terrier @TerrierBen #JAKInhibitors #Indications #Rheumatology #Management