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Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Disease Clinical ... Complications: MAS ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ventilation is required
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
- Diagnosis and ... aeruginosa Clinical ... be initiated in adults ... with clinically ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Manifestations can ... essential to determine treatment ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... Undifferentiated #Shock #diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
the secondary or acquired ... arthritis (sJIA) • Adult-onset ... Fever is the main clinical ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis in older adults ... Diagnosis = clinical ... GCA can present ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
and M. fortuitum can ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... • Microbiologic
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
TB IRIS which can ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... albicans • Epstein Barr
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
• Humans acquire ... Adult worms develop ... larva migrans Diagnosis ... • History + clinical ... #microbiology