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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Algorithm Hypovolemic ... ADH Present and Active ... Stress, Nausea, Pulmonary ... Diseases, CNS Disease ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Management Algorithm ... Assess for Active ... Fistula: Consult CTS ... #treatment #IBD
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... and treating LTBI ... infection in patients ... intermediate risk of disease ... used to exclude pulmonary
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... asthma • Pleural disease ... 12 / shallow breathing ... Hypoventilation: • CNS ... #differential #Diagnosis
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
presentations: • Pulmonary ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... this morphology Treatment ... Diseases Fellows ... #Management #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... 40% Invasive Disease
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... CRF) • Infection ... Anorexia Nervosa • CNS
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... can mimic common infections ... absent NK cell activity ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... : • Infection