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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
on the British Thoracic ... Society (BTS) Guidelines ... criteria #algorithm #differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
: ß-blockers, CNS ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Hyperkalemia Differential ... • Excessive fist ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... potassium #high #pathophysiology
The 2007 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) recommendations list macrolides as first
IDSA)/American Thoracic ... Society (ATS) recommendations ... list macrolides ... #InfectiousDiseases
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
and migrate to thoracic ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... circumventricular organs CNS ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #List ... #Differential
Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
on the waiting list ... Transplant #Donor #thoracic ... #surgery #CTS #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... HIV-Associated CNS ... #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
and migrate to thoracic ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases