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PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram

PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm after
PCI Stent Coronary ... Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram ... High grade fever ... Pseudoaneurysm #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #clinical
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple #Disease
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
symptoms - Headache, fever ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... vertigo Diagnostic tests ... - Ice cube test ... , TempTest test
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
and a palpable abdominal ... locally advanced disease ... night sweats, fever ... of metastatic disease ... initial test: abdominal
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Donath-Landsteiner Antibodies[PCH ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... Symptoms: High fevers ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS ... RUSH exam for fever ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... hx of Crohn's disease ... Intraabdominal #Abscess #POCUS
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... • Low-grade fever ... Nausea/vomiting • Abdominal ... clue • Blood tests
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
mild (malaise, fever ... smear negative, PCR ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... cultures, but test ... missing things" → fewer ... Rule out celiac disease ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... • Fever, weight ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... Pneumonia: • PVL