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Assessment and Treatment of Severe Asthma, According to Inflammatory Phenotypes, in Patients without a Response to
Assessment and Treatment ... of Severe Asthma ... #Management #PCC ... #Algorithm #Phenotypes ... #NEJM
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... Uremia (blood urea ... cultures/nasal PCR ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... : 1) Liposomal
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Incubation period is 1- ... malaise • Septic shock ... specificity of PCR ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
algorithm to determine ... Recent PCI/stenting ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
weakness in: 1. ... Miller Fischer and PCB ... EMG Findings: 1. ... Myasthenia Crises - Severe ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... Active TB: • Fever ... staining, NAA (PCR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
Umbilification - Rash: 1 ... can be involved ... chain reaction (PCR ... Respiratory distress Treatment ... MPOX #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... transplantation • MCC ... disseminated) can ... • Septic shock ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management