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Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
of Sickle Cell Crises ... Clinical Manifestations ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #SickleCell #Complications
Tinea Versicolor: Scaly well demarcated patches caused by fungal skin infection.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog
demarcated patches caused ... by fungal skin ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
minimum (if no complications ... Other hardware - Risk-Benefit ... or TEE unless clinical ... Consider: Spine, CNS ... candidiasis #treatment #fungal
Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
and long-term complications ... They cause the vast ... The risk then rapidly ... remodeling can cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Tinea Pedis: Scaly red erruption of the feet caused by fungal dermatitis.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD
erruption of the feet caused ... by fungal dermatitis ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Fungal Biomarkers ... component of many fungi ... infection (IFI) in hematologic ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... useful in high risk
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
cell) Arteritis Risk ... before age 50) Clinical ... loss (amaurosis fugax ... Arteritis #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Central Venous Catheter site selection - Clinical Decision Aid
IJ vs Subclavian vs Supraclavicular vs Femoral by
site selection - Clinical ... Femoral by ease and risk ... - Casey Parker ... #Lines #Rates #Complications
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... response to a fungal ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Griseofulvin #Kerion #Dermatology
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... actually seen in all causes ... bacterial/viral/fungal ... Sign #diagnosis #clinical ... #radiology #ChestCT