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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Endogenous reactivation ... Diagnosis: Latent ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Endogenous reactivation ... Diagnosis: Latent ... Inhibitor: • Risk of reactivation ... #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... decrease the risk for reactivation ... intermediate risk of disease ... used to exclude pulmonary
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... Liver function tests ... MAS #Macrophage #Activation ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... 10 minutes of rest ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... #hepatology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... serum creatinine, test ... Hemodynamic instability ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
indirect Coombs test ... develop due to inability ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology