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Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
C virus (HCV) infection ... #medications #infectiousdisease ... #hepatology #HepC ... #HepatitisC #Management
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
Diagnosis and Management ... schistocytes > 1% ... normal • DAT negative ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #hematology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management ... Algorithm 1. ... Rule out infection ... Alcoholic #Hepatitis #Management ... Algorithm #treatment #hepatology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
Treatment Warm AIHA: 1) ... Steroids - 1-2 ... Polyclonal: - Infection ... AIHA #Treatment #management ... #hematology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Overview Normal: < 1% ... overlook severe infections ... likelihood of negative ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Phases of chronic HBV infection according to revised and classical definitions
Phase 1: HBeAg+ chronic infection (old
of chronic HBV infection ... definitions Phase 1: ... HBeAg+ chronic infection ... Phases #Treatment #Management ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Affects 1:25,000 ... and 1:50,000 patients ... and M panel Management ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) ... seen in only in 1/ ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Antibodies: 1. ... - Due to Viral infection ... Polyclonal - Viral Infection ... for anti-C3d and negative ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology