Dermatology Snapshots

December 2021

January 06, 2022 Dr Vanessa Pinder
Dermatology Snapshots
December 2021
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What’s new in the updated BCC guidelines?

 Lupus anticoagulant single positivity during the acute phase of COVID-19 is not associated with venous thromboembolism or in-hospital mortality.

 Purpura as an indicator of severity in Drug-induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome/ DRESS

 Electrocardiogram as a Lyme disease screening test.

 Prevalence of mastocytosis and hymenoptera venom allergy in the United States.

 Evaluation of thalidomide treatment of patients with chronic Erythema Multiforme.

 VEXAS-Clinical presentation of a newly described somatic, auto-inflammatory syndrome.

 Should all babies have their genome sequenced at birth?

 Measles outbreaks likely as COVID pandemic leaves millions of world’s children unvaccinated, WHO warns.

 Advanced Strings, Sir William Perkins's school- Isla Galpin (1st violin), Hayun Lee (2nd violin), Miss Townsend (viola), Amélie Christian (cello) - Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

1) What’s new in the updated BCC guidelines?
2) Lupus anticoagulant single positivity during the acute phase of COVID-19 is not associated with venous thromboembolism or in-hospital mortality
3) Purpura as an indicator of severity in Drug-induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome/ DRESS
4) Electrocardiogram as a Lyme disease screening test
5) Prevalence of mastocytosis and hymenoptera venom allergy in the United States
6) Evaluation of thalidomide treatment of patients with chronic Erythema Multiforme
7) VEXAS-Clinical presentation of a newly described somatic, auto-inflammatory syndrome
8) Should all babies have their genome sequenced at birth?
9) Measles outbreaks likely as COVID pandemic leaves millions of world’s children unvaccinated, WHO warns
10) A possible sterilizing cure of HIV-1 infection without stem cell transplantation
11) Advanced Strings, Sir William Perkins’s school - Isla Galpin (1st violin), Hayun Lee (2nd violin), Miss Townsend (viola), Amélie Christian (cello) - Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)