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Important Respiratory Distress Pearls

#diagnosis #respiratory #distress #NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS #neonatal #pediatric #adult #respiratory #adverse #effects
Distress Pearls #diagnosis ... NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS ... neonatal #pediatric #adult
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
in duodenum 8) Adult ... Echinostoma #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #fluke
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
hepatica - Liver Fluke ... biliary ducts. 8) Adult ... flukes in hepatic ... LiverFluke #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
in duodenum 6) Adults ... sinensis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #fluke
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
to free living adults ... where they become adults ... 8) Parasitic adult ... LifeCycle #Parasite #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Complications: MAS ... Stills #Disease #diagnosis
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
into free-living adult ... where they become adults ... 8) Parasitic adult ... stercoralis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) - Subdural, Epidural, Subarachnoid Comparison

Subdural hematoma 
• Crescent-shaped 
• Blood collection between dura
Adolescents and young adults ... (trauma) Subarachnoid ... Comparison #Neurology #Diagnosis
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Life Cycle 1) Adult ... Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis ... More common in adults ... underlying conditions Diagnosis ... Francisella #tularensis #diagnosis ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases