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Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... Induration cutoff ... Immunocompromised patients Induration ... Injection drug users Induration ... Interpretation #Induration
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Syndrome - Causes and Treatment ... transformation (CML) / Induction ... hyperleukocytosis (AML) / Induction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Treatment
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Treatment Schema ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia Induction ... given throughout treatment ... (after induction ... Lymphoblastic #Leukemia #Treatment
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Severe Disease → Remission
Disease → Remission Induction ... Disease → Remission Induction ... Vasculitis #Management #Treatment
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
Therapeutic indication ... Symptomatic treatment ... optimization of GERD treatment ... indications #management #treatment
Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Cyclophosphamide for Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678035/

Mycophenolate versus Azathioprine as Maintenance Therapy
Cyclophosphamide for Induction ... Treatment of Lupus
Treatment Algorithm for Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis (Class III/IV or Mixed Class III/IV + V)
Induction Therapy
Treatment Algorithm ... Class III/IV + V) Induction ... Therapy (Induction ... several months Induction ... Protective Measures #Treatment
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) - ANCA Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021
Severe → Remission Induction ... For Remission Induction ... Vasculitis #Management #Treatment
Microscopic Colitis - Management Algorithm
Induction: Budesonide 9 mg daily, 6 to 8 weeks
Maintenance: Budesonide low-dose (3-6
Management Algorithm Induction ... Management #Algorithm #treatment
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
vary depending on treatment ... indication.