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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Diagnosis and Management ... Rash, Vomiting, Positive ... Tourniquet test, Abdominal ... Fever #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Idiopathic JAK-2 Positive ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Non-Invasive Positive ... ), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... mortality), Other causes ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management ... #indications #pulmonary
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Diagnosis and Management ... Caused by: ... Abdominal pain; ... Two different positive ... diagnosis #algorithm #management
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
of peritonitis (abdominal ... usually w/ PMN) (3) Positive ... • 45-65% Gram positive ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Filamentous gram-positive ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Nocardia #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... infections are caused ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... AspGM can be also positive ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... significantly positive ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... Lymphadenopathy, Malaise, Abdominal ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... Leishmaniasis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases