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COVID-19 - How does it affect you? 
Gas Exchange 
Each sac of air, or alveolus, is
COVID-19 - How does ... , allowing the virus ... copies of the virus ... #Pathophysiology ... #SARSCOV2 #PatientInfo
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Nomenclature (NOT "Wuhan Virus ... COVID-19 • Virus ... #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #Summary ... #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Remdesivir (GS-5734) - manufactured by Gilead Sciences
Remdesivir blocks the replication of viruses by inserting into the
replication of the virus ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology ... #COVID19 #SARSCOV2
COVID19 - Community Mitigation Strategy
In the 1st (steepest) curve, virus reproduces quickly in a short period
COVID19 - Community ... steepest) curve, virus ... Vaccinologist #COVID19 ... SocialDistancing #Management ... #Policy #SARSCoV2
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
, Epstein-Barr virus ... immunodeficiency virus ... HIV), and Zika virus ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #management #neurology
The following graph was prepared based on the latest information on Testing for the Diagnosis of
Testing for the Diagnosis ... , don’t bother doing ... not enough HIV virus ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #HIVAIDS #Testing
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... like illnesses, COVID ... 19 - Zika virus ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Summary of Timeline of COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity
Day 0 - Peak Viral Load and Infectivity 
Day 5
of Timeline of COVID ... Point Day 10 - Virus ... Probability of Culturing Virus ... #SARSCoV2 #Infectivity ... contagiousness #diagnosis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Infections+++: Virus ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... zoster, West Nile virus ... Herpes simplex virus ... #management #neurology