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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
mononuclear phagocytic cells ... and infect other cells ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Transcellular Shift Into Cells ... imports K+ into cells ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Differential Diagnosis Summary
Innate Immunity:
 • Neutropenia
 • Phagocytic Deficiencies
 • Complement
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cell-Mediated Immunity (T-Cells ... Humoral Immunity (B cells ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Erythroderma - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Extensive cutaneous capillary dilation, results in widespread exfoliation of the
Erythroderma - Diagnostic ... Pathophysiology: ... germinative skin cells ... Skin-homing T-cells ... #Diagnosis #
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Stimulate immune cells ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis ... Thrombocytosis: cells ... 7) - principal cells ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... potassium #high #pathophysiology
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
with cytotoxic T cells ... natural killer cells ... antigen - TH1 cells ... Classification #Pathophysiology ... #Allergy #Diagnosis
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells ... (LP) tumour B cells ... Classification #pathophysiology ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
the long bone or pelvis ... The diagnosis is ... Pathophysiology ... is a clinical diagnosis ... Embolism #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
stored red blood cells ... Dissociation #Curve #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Causes #Diagnosis