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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
-> Miliary TB Can ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... isoniazid for an ... Initiating Treatment ... patients should
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
-> Miliary TB Can ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... isoniazid for an ... Initiating Treatment ... patients should
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... or diagnostic tests ... before beginning treatment ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... affected part should ... tibia/fibula) and hip ... including DM • Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
ultrasound got him ... and left atrium should ... between these can ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
hepatitis and lactic acidosis ... Can also occur after ... - "Two hit" Hypothesis ... : - Treatment of ... the most common long
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
5-6th Decades (can ... renal tubular acidosis ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an ... NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
surgery to make an ... specific questions to ask ... determine if stress test ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... unless prior heart/lung
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
infection that can ... spherules in the lungs ... disseminated disease and should ... prompt additional tests ... TREATMENT: Clinically