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Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... agglutination - test ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... TMA • Cardiac: pericarditis ... Pulmonary: pleural effusion ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... 10 minutes of rest ... ) on room air Treatment ... #treatment #hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Cardiac Disease: Pericarditis ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
5–21 days • Clinical ... laboratories • Treatment ... specific proven treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... myocarditis, pericardial effusion ... • Treatment: ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology #
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Pericardial Effusion ... during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram ... What the best choice ... for management? ... #clinical #ultrasound
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... before epiphyseal fusion ... glucose suppression test ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Next best step ... to definitive managemt ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Effusion ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #Pericardial