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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... #Workup #TB #Latent
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Active TB: • ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
with them): • Activate ... required. ❻ Begin active ... an appropriate clinical ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... production • Actively ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
intensive ❾ Begin active ... Plan admission to critical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... no evidence of active ... and molecular diagnostic ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... Prevention #Treatment #management
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... specific laboratory tests ... monoclonality • "Reactive ... #management #phenotypes ... #workup #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... and Workup: • ... glucose suppression test ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology