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Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... host response to infection ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Types #diagnosis #management ... warm #wet #dry #table
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Affects 1:25,000 ... and 1:50,000 patients ... to 8 years Clinical ... severe community-acquired ... #diagnosis #management
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... Infections 2. ... , Hypotension, shock ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
the secondary or acquired ... cytokines, such as IL-1 ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ventilation is required ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... vasculitis vs infection ... mg per day or 1 ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery • Stable ... months before 1°