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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
HIV-infected patients starting ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... Guidelines recommend starting
Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

#Pulmonary #Embolism #Signs #Symptoms #AcutePE #Diagnosis #Presentation

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Signs and Symptoms ... of Pulmonary Embolism ... (PE) #Pulmonary ... #AcutePE #Diagnosis ... Examination and History Taking
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... symptoms • Pericarditis ... has five major clinical ... Direct fungal stain ... of clinical specimens
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Toxicity - Summary Clinical ... Muscle Symptoms ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... IU/I • SAMS clinical ... toxicity #myopathy #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Pretreatment Gram stain ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
4 weeks after starting ... lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... symptoms Intracranial ... Children with pulmonary ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... Tingling, Burning, Stinging ... , Stabbing) - ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Main Culprits: Aspergillus fumigatus, Less commonly: Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus
Diagnosis: Characteristic imaging + symptoms +
Pulmonary Aspergillosis ... Aspergillus terreus Diagnosis ... Characteristic imaging ... + symptoms + serum ... #aspergillus #diagnosis
GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
stage of COPD #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Here's a little symptom-based ... Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... Cord Lesions - B Symptoms ... Opportunistic #Infections #Diagnosis ... #OIs #Guide #Symptoms