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Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Crossmatch - involves testing ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... false negatives on testing ... in 650,000 by Nick ... #Transfusions #diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Fever, headache, neck ... Demyelinating disease ... of serum CrAg testing ... comparable to CSF testing
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
TRALI resembles ARDS ... Blood products contain ... false negatives on testing ... infographic by Nick ... #Transfusion #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
dissemination occurs and produces ... extrapulmonary disease ... Urinary antigen testing ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... : • Serology for