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Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Epimastigotes in midgut ... 7) Multiply in midgut ... trypomastigotes in hindgut ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
penetrate mosquito's midgut ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
penetrate fly's midgut ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
penetrate blackfly's midgut ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
in the vector midgut ... trypomastigotes leave the midgut ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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Management Algorithm ... examination, basic (CBC ... UA), Advanced (might ... Delirium #Management #Algorithm
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
severe hypoxemia might ... volumes of ~6 cc ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm