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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Caused by: ... whipplei tests (PAS, PCR ... whipplei test (PAS, PCR ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
emergency airway management ... prediction models only focus ... to address this clinical ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC ... algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... of PCN allergy ... #differential #causes
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
Alcohol-related liver disease ... algorithm. ... fibrosis is the critical ... γ-glutamyltransferase; HCC ... ARLD #Hepatitis #management
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
COVID-19 Adult Clinical ... Cardiac: multiple case ... incr in 27-75% • PCT ... associated w severe disease ... Guide #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
of lactate as a clinical ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... a multitude of clinical ... presentations and disease ... / hypoxemia -> focus
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management ... Algorithm Assess ... exclude other causes ... - Concomitant diseases ... HCV, DILI, HCC,
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
Viral zoonotic disease ... that is caused ... three weeks Clinical ... chain reaction (PCR ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management