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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis Framework ... Antimicrobial treatment ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Antibiotics (Bactrim, PCN ... only if no clear cause ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... I RTA Diagnosis ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... of HIV/AIDS patients ... pleural effusions, CNS ... symptoms such as ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... • Microbiologic
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... disposition, even if the cause ... CNS, Central nervous ... #Diagnosis #AVS ... #Posterior #CVA
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... hematuria, + RF Treatment
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... weakness + atrophy- Hip ... nucleotidase 1A (Anti cN ... statins - probably caused ... Other Diseases: • PBC