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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Diagnosis: • ... microglobulin Treatment ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #diagnosis ... #workup #oncology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute Exacerbation ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... support - Call ... - Pulmonary >> Acute ... Management #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... Familial, Infectious, Ischemia ... Imaging findings Workup ... #Pancreatitis #Acute ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... management #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... , with ensuing ischemia ... becomes a yeast cell ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
carry treatment ... hormones that work ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Farmer and forestry work ... Pulmonary (91%): Acute ... mimic squamous cell ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases