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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... Complications: • Can ... progress to MDS or acute ... #management #treatment
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis ... and Acute Management ... ) Management - ... Diagnose with CTA ... #Management #treatment
Scleritis, Episcleritis Pearls
-Scleritis is characterized by significant pain, pain with eye movement, vision loss, and vessels
-Management of scleritis ... steroids +/- topical antibiotics ... does not require acute ... treatment. ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
Clinical Practice Guideline ... - Overall Treatment ... www.thennt.com/nnt/antibiotics-for-clinically-diagnosed-acute-sinusitis ... /) #Diagnosis ... #Management #IDSA
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... • Antibiotics ... gemfibrozil 600 bid ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
: AMS (carries bad ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #management #Bartonella
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis and Management Summary
PRE-ENDOSCOPY
Vasoactive agents - Octreotide: 
 • 50mcg bolus →
Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis ... and Management ... after hemostasis Antibiotics ... Variceal #Bleeding #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... post-ABx, but can ... Fidaxomicin 200 mg PO bid ... Guideline: https ... #management #treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
) - Diagnosis and ... Management Pneumonia ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
signs and symptoms can ... presents as an acute ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... rapidly, and empiric antibiotic ... #management #treatment