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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Recommendations for Preventing ... or been newly diagnosed ... following initial diagnosis ... 3 years • Co-testing ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis Framework ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Vascular • Glomerular ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... AKI: • Urinary Retention ... #nephrology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Criteria for Guillain Barre ... Required for Guillain-Barré ... protein Features Casting ... Recent diphtheritic infection ... #criteria #neurology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
with evidence of glomerular ... cryoglobulinemia, post-infectious ... autoAb against type IV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... : HIV, Hepatitis ... CIDP, Guillain-Barre ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory: MS ... nodosa, SLE • Infectious ... : HIV, Lyme, Neurosyphilis ... #causes #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... Diagnosis: • ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... present on repeat testing ... • Drugs Glomerular ... HSP • Post-infectious ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... present) - These infections ... #testing #workup ... #diagnosis #glomerulonephritis ... nephrotic #nephritic #nephrology