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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Infections in HIV/AIDS ... Here's a little symptom-based ... Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #HIV #AIDS ... Manifestations #CD4Count #InfectiousDiseases
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... • Normal or negative ... pg/ml EKG: • Negative ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... infarction • Gram negative
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
blood donor • Pathophysiology ... to explain symptoms ... transfusion • Pathophysiology ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Pathophysiology
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Correlating the Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Note: Some charts show different relative levels of
show different relative ... of estrogen to negatively ... the endometrium adds ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology ... #comparison #endocrinology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
HIV dementia Pathophysiology ... • Depressive symptoms ... sequences with relative ... disorder #dementia #AIDS
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... - Symptoms, CXR ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... Very uncommon - AIDS ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Constitutional symptoms ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... symptoms • Pericarditis ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases