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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... biopsy without evidence ... Treatment: • Consider ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... - Overview Who ... • Aplastic anemia ... - β-lactam antibiotics ... Treatment:
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Bands > 15% • Uremia ... moderate quality of evidence ... low quality of evidence ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... procalcitonin level Treatment
Probiotics Guidelines
Adults with C difficile infection
 • Recommendation: Only in the context of a clinical trial
clinical trial • Evidence ... and children on antibiotic ... treatment • Recommendation ... Conditional • Evidence ... Probiotics #Guidelines #gastroenterology
Evidence for Treatment of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
 • Octreotide (PMID: 11870374) - Endoscopic banding +
Evidence for Treatment ... endoscopic banding • Antibiotics ... management #ebm #evidence ... #gastroenterology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... • IV antibiotics