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Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... regions of North America ... Peak incidence: Summer ... Clinical Progression
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Summary Sheet ... Endemic in North America ... inoculation • Clinical ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... #management #summary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management Summary ... setting of liver disease ... intrinsic lung disease ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Underlying liver disease
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Summary of actions ... Produces miosis during ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... #Pharmacology #Table ... #Summary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Delivery • Stable
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... ": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Association with disease ... also be measured using ... -15% If SLE is clinically ... erythematosus #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Renal parenchymal disease ... : CKD, acute glomerulonephritis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acromegaly: frontal bossing ... Mortality due to CVD