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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... Confusion, visual symptoms ... with severe symptoms ... weeks for most OI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... = funny-shaped cells ... only curative treatment ... #treatment #hematology ... #oncology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
lymphocytes, smudge cells ... Splenomegaly 5) Symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Diagnosis and Management ... for diagnosis Treatment ... intestinal epithelial cells ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... gastroenterology #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... material into eye ... ; unilateral symptoms ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Management
Global IBS Symptoms:
  - Limited trial low FODMAP diet
Syndrome (IBS) - Management ... Global IBS Symptoms ... ♀ with severe symptoms ... intestinal epithelial cells ... gastroenterology #treatment
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... tears oint + TAPE eye ... #Treatment #Neurology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... Complications • Ocular - Eye ... workup dictated by symptoms ... IDSA #Guidelines #Management ... #candidiasis #treatment
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Release from blast cells ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... APML #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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IRIS might ... less than 200 cells ... Antimicrobial treatment ... more than 200 cells ... patients with IRIS