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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
Can involve any ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... 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
Can involve any ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... patients should
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... Recent exposure to an ... disease • HIV ... carcinoma of head/neck/lung
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... affected part should ... globules in the lung ... tibia/fibula) and hip ... including DM • 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
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... regardless of screening test ... patients receiving an ... molecular diagnostic tests ... should be initiated
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
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
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