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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... : Spore ingestion ... - produced by all ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
look for: - HPI ... - Pre-renal disease ... Atheroemboli — 1% ... AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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during transient CD4 ... manifestations Labs: • CD4 ... Phase: • The short ... disease progression ... by slowing CD4
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... endemic areas - 1- ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... /aggregate) of CD4 ... salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... : 1. ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
ART ↑ improves CD4 ... low pretreatment CD4 ... an increase in CD4 ... Depends On: • CD4 ... suppression • CD4
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... 2 cases/100,000 ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... • Weakness: Starts
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... varying degrees of: 1. ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... MCTD - Bechet disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... patients such as: 1. ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... : Clinical Manifestations ... • Clinical (Symptoms