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Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • permethrin 5% cream applied to all
scabiei) - CDC 2021 Treatment ... Guidelines Recommended ... applied to all areas ... applied to all areas ... #Guidelines #Management
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Overcrowded urban areas ... manifestations • MAT microscopic ... microbiology #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... travel to endemic areas ... Established via stool microscopy ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #treatment #microbiology
Pruritus Treatment Algorithm for Hemodialysis Patients 

Non-PharmacoIogicaI Measures 
 • Use gentle soap e.g. Dove
Pruritus Treatment ... except if other areas ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... Uremic #Uremia #Management ... #Nephrology #CKD
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... Intermittent Gout • Great ... Decrease dosage in CKD ... attack + stage ≥3 CKD ... Gout #diagnosis #management
Pediculosis Pubis - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • permethrin 1% cream rinse applied to affected
Pubis - CDC 2021 Treatment ... Guidelines Recommended ... to the affected areas ... #CDC #CDC2021 #Treatment ... #Guidelines #Management
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines ... ❹ Call for MH treatment ... 30 mins, U&E, CK ... Reference Handbook - Guidelines ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Management during ... Management during ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... #cardiology #treatment
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
in the endemic areas ... Treatment should ... in the endemic areas ... bancrofti #clinical #photo ... #smear #microscopy
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... wool, over itchy areas ... scratch the itchy areas ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Nephrology #CKD