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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection ... Embolism • Primary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Vascular Causes ... Autoimmune hepatitis, PBC ... , PSC, IgG4, HLH ... stone, Malignancy, PBC ... , PSC, Cystic fibrosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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encephalitis, and primary ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused ... approaching 100% for primary ... vomiting, visual changes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Cough • Changes ... • Common clinical ... present with primarily ... rav7ks #CNS #Infections
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... disease caused ... family Route of infections ... others: AV blocks, PVC ... cruzi Treatment - Primary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... : Symptomatic Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... -> Miliary TB Can ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... : Symptomatic Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... -> Miliary TB Can ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... Long-standing vs ... pain • Skin changes ... • Urinary symptoms ... dysfunction • PSC
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... and M. fortuitum can ... massiliense in CF ... • Primarily occurs ... Disease: • Clinical
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
from injuries and infections ... the Journal of Clinical ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc