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Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Graft Versus Host Disease ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... Trypanosoma (Chagas disease ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Blood products contain ... of transfused products ... false negatives on testing ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
IL-1 and IL-6, leading ... Fibrin degradation products ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... other causes of neurologic ... over course of disease ... Encephalopathy #Grading ... #treatment #hepatology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... diagnosis and treatment ... causes of liver disease ... algorithm #diagnosis #management ... #hepatology #gastroenterology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Valvular heart disease ... Period • Breast-feeding ... Avoid estrogen products ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #cardiology #treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... epilepticus Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
dissemination occurs and produces ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Urinary antigen testing ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management