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Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
Sonography for HIV ... effusions, enlarged abdominal ... focal spleen and liver ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #HIV #Tuberculosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular Causes ... • Infectious: HAV ... , HBV, HCV, HEV, ... EBV, HSV, CMV, ... extrahepatic source - Tests
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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(28%) • Skin rash ... Hepatomegaly - Liver ... enzyme elevation ... subset counts ↓ • Liver ... Phase: • The short
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... tests before beginning ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... mucogenicum • HIV ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... of liver enzymes ... , diarrhea, abdominal
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... Due to their short ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver ... Most commonly caused