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Who to test for BRCA 1/2?
Female Breast Cancer:
 • ≤ 45-50 years at diagnosis
 • Triple
45-50 years at diagnosis ... cancer and: Ashkenazi ... BRCA #testing #indications ... #oncology #Breast ... #diagnosis
US Preventive Services Task Force - Prostate Cancer Screening - Update 2018
Patient Decision Aid

 - Men
Cancer Screening ... Aid - Men aged ... screening with their clinician ... cancer in men 70 ... #Management #Urology
Central Venous Catheter site selection - Clinical Decision Aid
IJ vs Subclavian vs Supraclavicular vs Femoral by
site selection - Clinical ... Decision Aid IJ ... risk of infection ... @broomedocs #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... Bladder carcinoma., Prostate ... cancerMedications ... #differential #diagnosis ... #blood #urine #management
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Algorithm for the Management ... purulent SSTI, incision ... or those with clinical ... approved for this indication ... SSTIs #Algorithm #Management
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
algorithm to guide the decision ... SIRS criteria and ... , whose clinical ... #Management #BloodCultures ... Protocol #Shapiro #Indications
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Lymphoma or other cancers ... breast cancer ... M panel Management ... #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... spleen, brain) Indications ... Internet Book of Critical ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... and biological ... Assessment • Clinical ... B-LNH), solid cancers ... #management #treatment
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
asymptomatic at diagnosis ... there are many indications ... remain subject to clinical ... #Cholangitis #diagnosis ... #management #summary