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Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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during transient CD4 ... + T-cell count can ... Leukocyte-lymphocyte subset counts ... -1 and HIV-2 • ... (10 days after initial
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Investigations: full blood count ... hepatitis serology, HIV ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial ... glomerular disease 1) ... /platelet count ... glomerular #disease #workup ... #testing #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial ... /platelet count ... C3, C4 - Test for ... glomerular #testing #workup ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 7d post-Abx • Initial ... x 1 - Adjunct Tx
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS ... count <50 cells ... please refer to Table ... least 2 drugs as initial ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... • Incidence: 1 ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... white blood cell count ... the underlying pathophysiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... white blood cell count ... 25% BP reduction initially
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... ART to maintain CD4 ... count >100 cells ... injection) for 1– ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology