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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... months without treatment ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... Hepatitis (AAH) Drug-Induced ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Arthritis Summary Overview ... exam and imaging Treatment ... ideally limit for acute ... corticosteroid injections ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... drug use • Silicosis ... involvement - seeding ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... on bone marrow leading ... Malaise, bleeding, infections ... pain, bleeding, infections ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Myasthenia Gravis Overview ... - Symptomatic Treatment ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs ... , infection, surgery
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia - Overview ... Dyskeratosis congenita • Drugs ... - Cytotoxic drugs ... Idiopathic • Infections ... aplastic anemia Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... on ABx) → Acute ... #1 nosocomial infection ... mg PO qd - If needing ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... drug use • Silicosis ... involvement - seeding ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
Antibiotics are drugs ... treat bacterial infections ... landscape of Dystonia drugs ... Imagine treatments ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Antibiotics Class Overview ... including PCP PNA (drug ... choice, both for treatment ... Traveler’s diarrhea, acute ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics