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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
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Tuberculosis #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
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... & Dry” is the treatment ... #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
is likely the best ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... management #ards #foamed ... #criticalcare # ... treatment #respiratory
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... management #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
(+) screening test ... no evidence of active ... for active or latent ... and molecular diagnostic ... Please refer to the table
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
The classic frame ... to perform active ... The diagnosis is ... Treatment can be ... msk #clinical #physicalexam
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
hemorrhage Diagnosis ... kidney biopsy Treatment ... sessions to clear active ... -3 weeks By Tess ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
tests - Blood ... liver function tests ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare