🔵 #Approach to Erythrocytosis

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📄 Patnaik MM, Tefferi A. The complete evaluation of erythrocytosis: congenital and acquired. Leukemia. 2009;23(5):834–844.

Our prayers are with the people in Lebanon 💔🇱🇧

🔵 #Approach to Eye pain

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📄 Deibel JP, Cowling K. Ocular inflammation and infection. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2013;31:387–397.

🔵 #Approach to Facial Flushing

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📄 İkizoğlu G. Red face revisited: flushing. Clin Dermatol. 2014;32(6):800–808.

🔵 #Approach to Facial Paralysis

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📄 Tiemstra JD, Khatkhate N. Bell’s palsy: diagnosis and management. Am Fam Physician. 2007;76(7):997–1002.

🔵 #Approach to Failure to Thrive (FTT)

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📄 Cole SZ, Lanham JS. Failure to thrive: an update. Am Fam Physician. 2011;83(7):829–834.

🔵 #Approach to Fatigue

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📄 Rosenthal TC, Majeroni BA, Pretorius R, et al. Fatigue: an overview. Am Fam Physician. 2008;78(10):1173–1179.

🔵 #Approach to Fever in the First 3 Months of Life

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📄 Byington CL, Reynolds CC, Korgenski K, et al. Costs and infant outcomes after implementation of a care process model for febrile infants. Pediatrics. 2012;130(1):e16–e24.

🔵 #Approach to Fever of Unknown Origin

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📄 Hersch EC, Oh RC. Prolonged febrile illness and fever of unknown origin in adults. Am Fam Physician. 2014;90(2):91–96.

#Image_Challenge

11yo girl with a 6-yr history of ITP.
What's the diagnosis?

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#BrainTrust

If a test to detect a disease whose prevalence is 1:1000 has a false-positive rate of 5%, what is the chance that a person found to have a positive result actually has the disease, provided you know nothing about the person's signs and symptoms?

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#Screening_tests