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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
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
segmented retinal blood ... Panel A, and see Video ... and initiated treatment ... that the retinal blood ... See source for videos
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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• Peripheral blood ... Malaria, Clostridium