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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Demyelinating disease ... • Symptoms: AMS ... symptoms such as ... • JC-virus PCR ... sensitivity of serum
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
algorithm. ... considered include serum ... markers such as ... 4, fibrosis-4; HCC ... #NAFLD #algorithm
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
Alcohol-related liver disease ... algorithm. ... to assessment as ... γ-glutamyltransferase; HCC ... #ARLD #Hepatitis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Noninfectious hepatitis ... , and elevated serum ... • May involve PNS ... and CNS • Headache ... Antiribosomal P, APLA, PAC
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Ischemic heart disease ... algorithm to determine ... : - Known CV disease ... Structural heart disease ... revascularization does not seem
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... kidney injury with serum ... - Concomitant diseases ... HCV, DILI, HCC,
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
or tenderness; serum ... flexors Labs: • Serum ... nucleotidase 1A (Anti cN ... : • PBC, autoimmune ... hepatitis, Psoriasis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... transplantation • MCC ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... prep CSF and serum