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Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
old, ~10,000 new cases ... • Risks: infection ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome #MDS ... #hematology #oncology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Other hardware - Risk-Benefit ... Consider: Spine, CNS ... Brian Russell MD ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
thrombocytopenia Complications ... chemotherapy for low-risk ... Lauren Banaszak, MD ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... remains unknown • Final ... Thromboembolic complications ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... Gastric bypass causes ... bariatric surgery are risk ... operative CCY risk ... excluded limb • Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
carries a variable risk ... Out Secondary Causes ... and reducing the risk ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
Most cases are related ... , symptoms and complications ... PV, MDS, CML) Treatment ... transformation into MDS ... patients with no CV risk
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Americans at higher risk ... involvement in >95% of cases ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... Fatima Al Dhaheri, MD ... management #summary #fungal
Relapsing Polychondritis

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

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Sweet syndrome, MDS ... Multiple myeloma Complications ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... affected tissue Treatment ... Polychondritis #rheumatology