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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management Summary ... incidentally via CBC ... • Treatment is ... of symptoms and prevention ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management Summary ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... for concomitant pulmonary ... intervention CMC
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... Although pulmonary ... coagulopathy) • CBC ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management Summary ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... bradycardia, urinary retention ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment ... infections • Preventing
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... months before 1° prevention ... management #cardiology #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
positive serology and CD4 ... Infection (Diffuse Pulmonary ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management