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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
months without treatment ... Infections Alcohol-Associated ... Hepatitis (AAH) Drug-Induced ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... are contacts of infectious ... #Tuberculosis #MDRTB ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Tx Management (IDSA ... mg PO qd - If needing ... /severe CDI IDSA ... #IDSA #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
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Bariatric Intestinal Failure ... nutrients • TPN for treatment ... complication rate (i.e. infections ... hepatocellular failure ... #diagnosis #differential
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... Tuberculosis Infection ... and molecular diagnostic ... Tuberculosis #TB #IDSA ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
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 ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... ) • Sepsis • Drug-induced ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
: Testing The diagnosis ... peristalsis • Failure ... secondary causes leading ... #Achalasia #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology