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TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
factors: Critical ... explain symptoms ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... reactivation TB and death
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... pulmonary involvement
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • DM risk ... Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... #pulmonary #differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... reactivation TB and death
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Patients at Risk ... - CHF - Pulmonary ... #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... Risk Factors: ... overload) Other Symptoms ... leading cause of death ... #Pathophysiology
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
assess frailty ... predictive of death ... disease symptoms ... and not at high risk ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... cardiac events or death ... stratification #diagnosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... and eventually death ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... Dysphagia- increased risk ... column Treatment