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By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology
ID #Infectious Diseases ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology ... #riskfactors #rodents
By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology
ID #Infectious Diseases ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology ... #riskfactors #rodents
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
outbreak: - Case ... from a certain disease ... diagnosed with disease ... # of deaths in cases ... InfectiousDiseases #Epidemiology
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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EKG Findings Causes ... toxicity • Paget's disease ... Granulomatous disease ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes ... Presentations Causes ... - Repiratory disease ... myxoma - Thyroid disease ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... #Epidemiology #Sensitivity
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... - Most common cause ... parachute MV (caused ... mitral #stenosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Lung Disease. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #Causes ... Diffuse #Lung #Disease
Clues to Differential Diagnosis of Central Cyanosis: Onset of cyanosis, Clubbing, Secondary erythrocytosis, Auscultation, X-ray, Echocardiography,
Clues to Differential ... - Pulmonary diseases ... Diagnosis #Central #Cardiology ... #Causes #Table
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Presentation: • Mild disease ... non-productive cough, nausea ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... Severe pulmonary disease ... Diagnosis: • Epidemiologic