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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... /Prevention: • ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... +: Virus (EBV, CMV ... or biologics (CMV ... Treatment: •
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... • Large volume feeding ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... : • CBC - Leukocytosis ... Cavitation > 6 cm
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
fluid support and nutritional ... Gastrointestinal Infections Caused ... : • The best treatment ... #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... beta-spectrin, which is crucial ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment ... #Nutrition #Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... jejuni - HIV, CMV ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
Recommendations for Preventing ... patients with CD4 ... health-care provider diagnosis ... Uncomplicated Cases ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... • Infectious causes ... , HIV, Hep A/B/CMV ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... 30%, LVEDd > 6.0 cm ... Period • Breast-feeding ... months before 1° prevention ... management #cardiology #treatment
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
Most cases are related ... Splenomegaly Diagnosis ... : On the CBC, ... PV, MDS, CML) Treatment ... of symptoms and prevention