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gestational diabetes algorithm
#Infant #Diabetic #Mother #Pediatrics #Neonatology #IDM #NICU #OBGYN #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology #Maternal #Complications #Peds #Newborn
#NICU #OBGYN #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology ... Nutritional #Counseling #DecisionAid
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
- Esophageal Motility ... Complications #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
lung disease. 15% mortality ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
The diagnosis is ... Pathophysiology ... is a clinical diagnosis ... Mortality 10-20% ... Embolism #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... and iron release Diagnosis ... endpoint of all-cause mortality ... #heartfailure #diagnosis
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
Fatality / Mortality ... / # of people diagnosed ... #Calculating #InfectiousDiseases
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
period is 1-5 days, Mortality ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases