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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Papillomavirus Infections ... screen within 1 year ... HIV aged 21–29 should ... • Pap test should ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... The evaluation should ... audiometry • Patients should ... Infection or cancer ... ○ MS, CVA • Infectious
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... associated with infection ... Temporal arteritis should ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Abdominal Pain - Differential ... , Cardiac, GI, infectious ... An EP should prioritize ... exhaustive and should ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
/year Facultative ... HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
/year Facultative ... HIV • Recent infection ... mycobacterial infection ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... Herpes zoster, West ... management #neurology #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
hypertension - CNS infection ... recent head/face infection ... claudication, shoulder ... : ear, sinus, dental ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
present both at rest ... Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Acute or chronic infections ... e.g., meniscal tears ... approach #workup #differential
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
end-organ disease is best ... CMV retinitis should ... feasible, treatment should ... control of the infection ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology