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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management ... Complications • Ocular ... week to assess ocular ... Additional metastatic workup
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
if concern for nodular ... affects diagnostic workup ... choices AND management ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Workup
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

A 41yo female was referred by her neurologist for double vision.
Ocular Myasthenia ... Her ocular exam ... dismay the blood work ... Seronegative ocular ... Myasthenia #Gravis #PhysicalExam
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... /management of shock ... stabilized THEN feel ... history Initial Work-up ... Checklist #diagnosis #workup
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
irregular lines, nodular ... zone, GGO, small modular ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... & shoe size, ↑ heel-pad ... Diagnosis and Workup ... MRI+contrast Management ... Acromegaly #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... EMBOLISM • “Mill wheel ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Anterior Non-necrotizing Scleritis - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

This 57 yo WM reported to clinic complaining of
Scleritis - Slit Lamp Ocular ... further systemic workup ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
process but often feel ... disorder URGENT WORKUP ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management ... gastroenterology #workup
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
rectum • Chancres heal ... Symmetric macular ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... stages #diagnosis #management