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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation Overview ... Symptoms: Palpitations ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 
Clinical:
 • Gingival 
 • Menorrhagia 
 • GI bleeding 
 • Intracranial
Thrombocytopenic Purpura Clinical ... Intracranial hemorrhage Management ... Thrombocytopenia #Diagnosis #Overview ... #Hematology
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
prophylaxis Clinical ... • Seizure Management ... pyrimethamine-induced hematologic ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis #Overview ... #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... for concomitant pulmonary
Molluscum Contagiosum 
Clinical 
 • Most common in school-age children 
 • Transmitted by direct contact
Contagiosum Clinical ... Painless, no systemic symptoms ... palms and soles Management ... Contagiosum #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Management #Dermatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... Maternal Support - Critical ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology ... #pathophysiology
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Pathophysiology ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms/ ... #dermatology
Overview of Biologics used for psoriasis

Information gathered from various phase 2 and phase 3 studies of
Overview of Biologics ... medications #clinical ... #management #dermatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
CLL) - Summary Overview ... immunophenotype Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... blood donor • Pathophysiology ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology