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Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Aortoenteric Fistula ... • Secondary AEF ... Management: SURGERY ... #Aortoenteric #Fistula ... #Summary #vascular
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
• Aortic valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... catheterization • Thoracic ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... #vascular
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... swollen, painful = bacterial ... cervical, anal Cxs
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
cryptococcosis • Bacterial ... Rosai-Dorfman disease ... hypotension - Secondary ... lumbar puncture or surgery ... 3: CSF-venous fistula
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Secondary Amyloidosis ... Imaging and Treatment ... Rx of choice: surgery ... palliatively with arterial
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
basal ganglia, CNS ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Disease: Arterial ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
. 2) Secondary ... Symmetric macular ... meningovascular disease ... Aortitis, ascending thoracic ... stages #diagnosis #management
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Distinguish from secondary ... advanced liver disease ... SBP #diagnosis #management ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... miliary TB Secondary ... extrapulmonary Secondary ... pulmonary gangrene), fistula ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... miliary TB Secondary ... extrapulmonary Secondary ... pulmonary gangrene), fistula ... TB #Diagnosis #Management