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Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Arthropod bites: malaria ... toxoplasmosis • Blood ... : < 7 days: malaria ... 7-21 days: malaria ... > 21 days: malaria
Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes on Blood Smear.

Banana-shaped gametocytes are only seen in Plasmodium falciparum but rare in
Gametocytes on Blood ... falciparum but rare in blood ... Plasmodium #Falciparum #Blood ... #microbiology #malaria
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood ... ~75% of human malaria ... P.f. but rare in blood ... Plasmodium #Falciparum #Blood ... #microbiology #malaria
Hypertensive Emergency and Hypertensive Crisis - Blood Pressure Targets
 • Hypertensive Emergency
 • Ischemic Stroke (w/
Hypertensive Crisis - Blood ... Emergency #Crisis #Blood ... Goals #management #treatment
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Consider cause and if treatment ... - 6.4 mmol/L - Treatment ... /L - Emergency treatment ... Monitor K+ and Blood ... Monitor serum K+ and blood
Algorithm for the Long-Term Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism 

Reference: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2019002364

by Dr. Clive Kearon and Dr. Susan
the Long-Term Treatment ... doi.org/10.1182/blood ... #LongTerm #Treatment
Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis vs Ehrlichiosis vs Babesiosis
Nonspecific febrile illness with severe headache and myalgia.
Diagnosis: NAAT, Blood
Diagnosis: NAAT, Blood ... Ioxedes Tick - Treatment ... Lone Star Tick - Treatment ... Ioxedes Tick - Treatment
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria - Plasmodium ... Mosquito takes a blood ... schizont 5) Human Blood ... Mosquito takes a blood ... Ruptured oocyst #Malaria
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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• Peripheral blood ... Malaria, Clostridium
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
Black and Bloody ... Occult blood tests ... least 60 mL of blood ... transit is slow, blood ... Red Blood in the