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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... CAP present in 1 ... criteria: Septic shock ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
erythropoietin 1/ ... When present, symptoms ... , signs, and complications ... • Treatment algorithms ... with evidence of acquired
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Management Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... #Pulmonary #Community
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... vasculitis vs infection ... Treatment of GCA ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... Signs of congestion ... with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #differential #algorithm
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... symptoms • Rheumatologic ... symptoms • Pericarditis ... clinical forms: 1) ... fever • Septic shock