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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Fever - Diagnosis and ... Headache, Retroocular pain ... Positive Tourniquet test ... , Abdominal pain ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
cage cleaning Symptoms ... non-productive cough, chest ... pain, hemoptysis ... Microimmunofluorescent antibody test ... microbiology #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Group V - Unclear and ... pain. ... dyspnea, fatigue, chest ... pain, or pre-syncope ... Symptoms of right
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... or Infarction and ... Pulmonary Embolism ... it difficult to differentiate ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
of respiratory symptoms ... bronchodilator test ... summary of the differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... pain/tightness ... Acid fast) • Pulmonary ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Chest pain ... manifestations • Chest ... pain, cough, hoarseness ... Laryngeal and pulmonary ... Disease #diagnosis #management
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... of obstruction, symptom ... control persistent symptoms ... COPD assessment test ... #Algorithm #Management
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Management Summary ... Symptoms of metastatic ... Treatment - Best ... initial test: abdominal ... express Laboratory tests
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... : • CT chest to ... or serologies + symptoms ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment