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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive ... Pulmonary Disease ... factors and confirm post-bronchodilator ... #Disease #COPD ... #diagnosis #management
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure (Most ... Parenchyma • Chronic ... Disease • ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Peripheral Smear ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Infections: Chronic ... pancreatitis, Post-surgical
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... detectable by blood smears ... not useful for chronic ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome ... irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... and nephrotic syndrome ... • Liddle syndrome
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... (suppurative); Most ... patients often have chronic ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cryptosporidiosis, chronic ... Cytomegalovirus disease ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
pain/tightness Most ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... , in advanced disease
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... positive serology, smear ... abdominal pain, chronic ... thick peripheral smears ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... other cancers: Most ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... Malignancies • Chronic ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome