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Interscalene brachial plexus block is used for shoulder, arm, and elbow surgery. Local anesthetic is injected
Interscalene brachial plexus ... block is used for shoulder ... , arm, and elbow ... to the brachial plexus ... -C7 #Clinical #POCUS
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus ... fractures and elbow ... distal to the shoulder ... supraclavicular #brachial #plexus ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Mild infection: ... Severe infection ... incision and drainage plus ... erysipelas with no focus ... oral antibiotic treatment
Treatment Recommendations for Syphilis in Non-Pregnant Adults by Syphilis Stage

Incubating Infection, Primary, Secondary, Early Latent Syphilis:
Treatment Recommendations ... 10-14 days PLUS ... Tertiary syphilis should ... CSF examination should ... Primary #Latent #Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
CMV retinitis should ... should include ... effective for treatment ... are achieved; plus ... opportunistic #infections
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Neurodegenerative disorders • Infection ... leading to myenteric plexus ... pseudoachalasia should ... Treatment: Laparoscopic ... Treatment options
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
weird joints (shoulders ... , wrists, elbows ... Wrist, MCP or shoulder ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Treatment should ... of ivermectin plus ... diethylcarbamazine plus ... Indiana University Infectious