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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... & Dry) is the treatment ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... Delivery • Stable ... support for patients clinically ... #cardiology #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... “one size fits all ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... recommended for all ... Please refer to the table ... #management #opportunistic
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Humans are definitive ... Indonesia, and parts ... Treatment should ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear #
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
recommended → all ... balanced, nutritious Table ... fruits and veggies, nuts ... Nutrition #comparison #table ... #management #treatment
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Males • Affects all ... the most common clinical ... tests for (not ... affected tissue Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management