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Graves Hyperthyroidism - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Low TSH -> TSH-R-Ab+ -> Graves' Hyperthyroidism

doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa646

#Graves #Disease #Hyperthyroidism
and Management ... Algorithm Low TSH ... -> TSH-R-Ab+ -> ... #Algorithm #treatment ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Algorithmic Approach to Hypothyroidism - Differential Diagnosis and Management Framework

Central Hypothyroidism (Secondary or tertiary) ↓TSH, ↓FT4
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #endocrinology ... #hypothyroid #Management
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... : Latent TB: • ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... : Latent TB: • ... TB with TST or ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH ... High T4/T3) - Diagnostic ... workup choices AND management ... Hyperthyroidism #Hyperthyroid ... #Workup #Endocrinology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... adenoma, ↓(TFT, LH, FSH ... MRI+contrast Management ... #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
and Management ... Symptoms, CXR mimic TB ... CSF similar to TB ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #management
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
prior history of treatment ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... tests, empiric treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Subacute Thyroiditis

Also known as: de Quervain’s thyroiditis, granulomatous thyroiditis, or viral thyroiditis

What?
Postviral inflammatory process caused by
(2) Hypothyroid ... Recovery phase Treatment ... #deQuervains #endocrinology ... #thyroid #diagnosis ... #management