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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... Presentation: Latent ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... Presentation: Latent ... : Latent TB: • ... Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... - Early latent ... - Late Latent ... - Late latent patients ... #Tertiary #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... and hemosiderin laden ... macrophages (diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... in rom - Patient ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... Management #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... develop low CO later ... Undifferentiated #Shock #diagnosis ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
assessment of a patient ... with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... & Dry” is the treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
A possible diagnostic ... algorithm for pulmonary ... CT-PA with my patient ... equipose): #Diagnosis ... #OBGyn #Obstetrics
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Consider a patient ... is likely the best ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory