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Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
Reproductive Number (R0 ... The R0 for Wuhan ... diseases (SARS, MERS, Ebola ... Fatality 5-10 % Ebola ... #table #SARS #Ebola
Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and R0 of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 compared to other famous contagious
Rate (CFR) and R0 ... NCOV2019 #Wuhan #CFR #R0
Ebola: A clinical guide #EM #InfectiousDisease #Ebola #Overview #BMJ
Ebola: A clinical ... InfectiousDisease #Ebola
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers:
Arenaviridae 
Bunyaviridae 
Filoviridae 
Flaviviridae 


#viral #hemorrhagic #fevers #viruses
#differential
#diagnosis
#infectiousdisease
#ebola
#marburg
#lassa
#dengue
#table
infectiousdisease #ebola
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm - Evaluation of HPA Axis Response to ACTH

Early am cortisol < 3
primary OR secondary AI ... primary or secondary AI ... High = primary AI ... secondary or tertiary AI
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
virus, Echovirus, Ebola ... Insufficiency #AI
How does the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (nCoV2019) compare to Ebola, SARS, MERS? Cases and Deaths
Weighing diseases
nCoV2019) compare to Ebola ... Ebola virus (Identified ... viruses #MERS #Ebola
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
specificity for AI ... > 15 excludes AI ... have diagnosed AI ... primary vs secondary AI
Quincke's Pulse in Severe Aortic Regurgitation

Little physical exam finding for the end of the week! Quinke’s
chronic severe AI ... associated with chronic AI
Algorithm for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency (AI). The standard cosyntropin stimulation test (CST) may be
insufficiency (AI ... secondary or tertiary AI