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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
HIV aged 21–29 should ... have a Pap test ... • Pap test should ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
Additional laboratory tests ... chronic kidney tests ... Test for celiac ... disease with serology ... change medical management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• Diagnosis should ... antiretroviral therapy should ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
NAFLD or liver disease ... Second-line tests ... that should be ... children, the text ... algorithm #Referral #Management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... should be obtained ... • Hepatitis B serology ... Hepatitis B and C serology ... #Rheumatic #Disease
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
The evaluation should ... include a: • Neurologic ... audiometry • Patients should ... Onset ○ Meniere disease ... ○ HIV ○ Lyme disease
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... pathognomonic laboratory tests ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... / Peptic Ulcer Disease ... 50% of adults +serology ... past infection Management ... Ag, Urea Breath Test
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Chronic kidney disease ... Progressive lung disease ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... patients with MG should ... high doses and should ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment