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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... BNP, Troponin), ABG ... #diagnosis #Management
Proposed Algorithm for Diagnosing Sarcoidosis
Highly suggestive Clinicoradiological Findings → Clinical diagnosis (without biopsy) e.g. Löfgren's syndrome
Suggestive
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... Clinicoradiological Findings → Clinical ... diagnosis (without ... BAL) • Exclusion ... #Workup
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
Evaluation and Management ... Sickle Cell Crises Clinical ... Manifestations and Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Manifestations #Workup
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
frozen food, salad bar ... Clinical Presentation ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... and Management ... T.cruzi without clinical ... Chagas #Disease #American ... #InfectiousDiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
frozen food, salad bar ... Clinical Presentation ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis ... Diagnosis: • Mildly ... grow culture) • BAL ... #Coccidioides #Diagnosis ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... for alternate diagnoses ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... 88-92% • VBG/ABG
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
1) Triatomine bug ... Clinical manifestations ... Tcruzi #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #american
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... normalize the ABG ... than monitoring ABG ... the patient's diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare