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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Promastigotes transform ... 7) Amastigotes transform ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
the low resource setting ... Tough decisions: dc ... vs admit, transfer ... Making PECARN work
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes transform ... trypomastigotes transform ... They transform into ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Antenatal Visits - Testing and Schedule
At Every Visit:	
 • Gestational Age	
 • BP
 • Maternal Weight
Antenatal Visits - Testing ... Protein Blood Work ... 1: • CBC • ... Glucose Tolerance Testing ... Well-being GBS Testing
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Inside cells they transform ... Intracellular amastigotes transform ... infected tissues and transform ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Diagnosing Brucellosis
Epidemiological Exposures
- Endemic Regions
- Clinical Micro Lab Technicians
- Animal/Vaccine Exposure: Vets, Slaughterhouse workers, hunters
- Unpasteurized
Diagnostic Tests: - CBC ... Diagnosis #Criteria #Workup ... #Testing
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia ("Transfer ... disorder URGENT WORKUP ... Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Testing ... Esophageal Dysphagia: Testing ... gastroenterology #workup
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... decreased PLT count: CBC ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... Diagnosis #Causes #Workup
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... Floor transfer? ... history Initial Work-up ... most ICU pts a CBC ... Checklist #diagnosis #workup
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphocytosis on CBC ... surface molecules: CD5 ... Richter’s Syndrome: Transform ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup