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Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... caused by the protozoan ... , smear negative ... thick peripheral smears ... 90-120 days • Pediatric
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... caused by Bartonella ... phase: Peripheral smear ... Columbia Agar → takes 2- ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
amyotrophy with the pathologic ... the limbs; (2) ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... of neurologic/cognitive ... over course of disease ... addition • Grade 2: ... recommend using as
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
diagnosis and treatment ... Step 2: If TS is ... liver biopsy can also ... of liver disease ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Babesiosis Management
Mild/Moderate Disease Severity
 • Symptoms: Fevers, fatigue, malaise. Headache, nausea. Chills, dyspnea, neck stiffness
Mild/Moderate Disease ... Headache, nausea ... Also ARDS, ARE DIC ... Duration: Usually 2 ... #treatment #Babesia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... disease 2. ... #causes #treatment ... #nephrology
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Diagnosis and Management ... Asymptomatic - Mostly in pediatric ... • Thin blood smear ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... #Babesiosis #Babesia
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... • Treatment of ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... cases, not associated ... Hypertension: 1/2 ... certain drugs (such as ... disease: Management