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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinins (CAD ... Viral Infection Clinical ... Positive Coombs testing ... post infectious setting ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD ... onset, severe, tearing ... caustic ingestion, HIV ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
It can be easier ... normal volume-based algorithm ... Post-AKI diuresis can ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... differential #diagnosis #table
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
in someone who had ... risks/benefits in setting ... highlighted circle= clinical ... #Pharmacology #Table
Parkinson's Disease Tremor
The tremor of Parkinson's disease is characteristic. It is called resting tremor, that is,
It is called resting ... standing with his ... and over time it can ... #Parkinsonian #resting ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Tale of Two Staphylococci: 
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

MSSA arrived quietly,
Tale of Two Staphylococci ... followed the usual clinical ... promptly once his ... fully aware of his ... anyone wanted, testing
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... elevated, HFE gene testing ... A liver biopsy can ... with elevated HIC ... hemochromatosis #algorithm
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
should undergo lab testing ... if they have no clinical ... purposes of this algorithm ... those >day 10 with clinical ... Disease #Incomplete #Algorithm
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Diagnosis and Testing ... pts) • BAL GM can ... recommended but can