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Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
PMN > 250 • Treatment ... cloudy effluent) 2) WBC ... > 100 WBC, >50% ... Positive Culture • Treatment
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
blasts and high WBC ... • Lab values: WBC ... organ damage • Treatment ... Low calcium • Treatment ... - Hyperkalemia treatment
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... if high risk if WBC ... Renal Failure Treatment ... QD until normal WBC
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Effluent >100 WBC ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... effluent, decreasing WBC
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
≥450,000/mm3, WBC ... and urine ≥10 WBC ... echo is positive, treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- NORMAL CSF WBC ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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elevated peripheral WBC ... trend response to treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
pain, Fever, ↑WBC ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
WBC > 12 K or < ... recognition and treatment
Urine Microscopy and Casts - Image Atlas Key

- Squamous Epithelial Casts
- Transitional Epithelial Cells
- Renal Tubular
Hyaline Cast - WBCs ... Granular Casts - WBC ... Cast - RBC Cast