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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
the setting of liver ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... echocardiography - Assess ... • Underlying liver ... hypertension • Liver
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• The fungus lives ... adjacent to the focus ... cerebellum Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... mellitus/DKA - Liver ... gluconeogenesis Liver
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
(elevations of liver ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... #infectiousdiseases
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Family engagement Critical ... will vary with clinical ... bradycardia. renal/liver ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Mycobacteria abscessus ... is biphasic • Clinical ... Meningitis - Liver ... #InfectiousDiseases
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
Diagnostic flow-chart ... to assess and monitor ... EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical ... Guidelines for the management ... non-alcoholic fatty liver
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
Complex Ascites on POCUS ... s/p colectomy, liver ... care center for diagnostic ... #SBP #clinical ... ultrasound #abdominal #abscess
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
populations) CLINICAL ... Multisystem (High Risk) Liver ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... organs like the liver ... #Management