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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Fevers and/or chills ... Most Common Causes ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 38 degrees • Chills ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... #differential #causes
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... fever, malaise, chills ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score (COWS ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... (SHOUT) #COWS ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of a previously diagnosed ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Fever, chills, lack ... unintentional weight loss, nausea
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
5–21 days • Clinical ... Fever (>90%), chills ... - Case-fatality ... laboratories • Treatment ... specific proven treatment