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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
immunophenotype Clinical ... thrombocytopenia Complications ... chemotherapy for low-risk ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Other hardware - Risk-Benefit ... or TEE unless clinical ... Consider: Spine, CNS ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... complex Classic Risk ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... this morphology Treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Thromboembolic complications ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
> 4 days → add fungal ... syndrome): - Hematologic ... mg/dL or > 25 % rise ... Treat underlying cause ... #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... effusion, INC risk ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Malignancy Risk ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology ... #oncology #management
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
disease that is caused ... Characteristic Rash + risk ... three weeks Clinical ... IgM antibody Complications ... Respiratory distress Treatment
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Americans at higher risk ... disseminated disease • Clinical ... involvement in >95% of cases ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... management #summary #fungal
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
the most common clinical ... Multiple myeloma Complications ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... Diagnosis: • Clinical ... affected tissue Treatment