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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • LTBI ... diagnosing and treating LTBI ... patients with LTBI ... intermediate risk of disease
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Infection and Disease ... HIV-AIDS Treating LTBI ... (to prevent TB disease ... screening test for LTBI ... #LTBI #Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI ... Chronic kidney disease ... Primary Tuberculosis Disease ... killed - rest LTBI ... Progressive lung disease
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI ... Chronic kidney disease ... Primary Tuberculosis Disease ... killed - rest LTBI ... Progressive lung disease
Algorithm for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) #Management #NSG #TBI #Traumatic #Brain #Injury
Brain Injury (TBI ... Management #NSG #TBI
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Algorithm

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001737

#Traumatic #Brain #Injury #TBI #Algorithm #Pediatrics #management #neurosurgery
Brain Injury (TBI ... Brain #Injury #TBI
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Seizure, Trauma, TBI ... deficiency, Thyroid disease
COMPARISON OF PREDICTION TOOLS FOR PREDICTING TBI IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
 - PECARN 
 - CHALICE
FOR PREDICTING TBI ... CHALICE #CATCH #TBI
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
overview of lung diseases ... #causes #lung #disease
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... glomerulonephritis - Berger disease ... Minimal change disease ... #Glomerular #Diseases