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IDSA - Diabetic Foot Infection Wound Score 
The 10-item score: purulent discharge, nonpurulent discharge, erythema, induration,
IDSA - Diabetic ... Foot Infection Wound ... , tenderness, pain ... Tenderness • Pain ... Scoring #Severity #diagnosis
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... Induration cutoff ... hemodialysis • diabetes ... Underweight • Injection ... SkinTest #TST #diagnosis
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... Infection is a very ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... : the rate and duration ... Treatment with IV
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
choice; therapy duration ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk: Diabetes ... nonspecific • DX relies ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Pleuritic chest pain ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... duration: -
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Infections 2. ... The onset and duration ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #comparison
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... History: • Duration ... • Neurologic review ... History of: • Diabetes ... Infection or cancer
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
antibiotic use, infections ... retrosternal chest pain ... Diagnosis: - EGD ... : - Treatment of ... retrosternal or back pain
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... to asymptomatic infection ... a syndrome of pain ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis ... Comprehensive Review
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... the mainstay of treatment ... long-standing diabetes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #comparison #table