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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... patient: AIDS, post-transplantation ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Incubation is 1 ... Syndrome (HCPS): Febrile ... • Prodrome: fever ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... (suppurative); Most ... Typhoidal: Systemic febrile ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
infection • Most ... • Large volume feeding ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Mediated: • Febrile ... S/sx: Fever, flank ... Occurs 8-10 days post ... coagulopathy & ↑bleeding ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Mediated: - Febrile ... S/sx: Fever, flank ... Occurs 8-10 days post ... coagulopathy & ↑bleeding ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... infection up to 10w post-ABx ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - what is the bleeding ... they have one post ... medical and surgical management