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Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Diagnosis of TTP:
 • Rare and severe, ADAMTS13 deficiency
 • Autoimmune
Purpura (TTP) Diagnosis ... scheduled on day 1, ... soon as TTP is diagnosed ... Thrombocytopenic #Purpura #management ... #hematology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Algorithm 1. ... use ABx coverage if ... can be bridge to Liver ... #Algorithm #treatment ... #hepatology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Incubation is 1 ... • Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... and treatment of ... Step 1: In the patient ... hemochromatosis #algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #hepatology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... neutropenic fever ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... 2-6 months • Fever ... : 1) Liposomal ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... Consider if: ... 1) Patient is hot ... : 1) Resuscitation ... #management #Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Hepatitis B - Diagnosis ... and Management ... HBV #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment ... #Hepatology