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Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin ... Interpretation - Threshold ... individual with active ... #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin ... Induration #Criteria #Thresholds
Tuberculosis Skin Test Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters #PPD
Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds
Tuberculin Skin Test (Positive Mantoux Test) Result, Reading and Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation
Tuberculin Skin ... Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds
Thresholds for Transfusion of Platelets in Adults
Major surgery or invasive procedure, no active bleeding - 
≤
Thresholds for Transfusion ... procedure, no active ... neurosurgery, no active ... Surgery with active ... Plateletpheresis #Thresholds
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
manifestations of active ... of developing active ... interpreted Tuberculin ... years of age ACTIVE ... #LatentTB #ActiveTB
SICU/CTICU Transfusion Guidelines

#Transfusion #Thresholds #Guidelines #Algorithm #Management #PRBC #SICU #CriticalCare
#Transfusion #Thresholds
Cephalosporins 
Cephalosporins are bactericidal beta-lactam antibiotics derived from the fungus Acremonlum— they disrupt peptidoglycan formation in
They have no activity ... predominantly active ... progressively more active ... gram-positive activity
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
have negative tuberculin ... #Subclinical #Active
Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
failure Lowering of threshold