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Diabetes Morning Hyperglycemia - Dawn Phenomenon vs Somogyi Effect 

When patients FBG's are elevated each morning
Hyperglycemia - Dawn ... experiencing the normal dawn ... diabetes) experience dawn ... /ambcarerx #Dawn ... Hyperglycemia #Diagnosis #Management
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... Complications • Ocular ... week to assess ocular ... metastatic workup dictated ... #candida #candidiasis
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Additional management ... : • Dilated Funduscopic ... antifungal #diagnosis #management ... #candida #auris
Thyroid Eye Signs 
Lid Signs
    Dalrymple’s Sign: Lid Retraction.
    Von
Resistance to pulling down ... Sainton’s sign: Delayed ... Extra-Ocular Muscle ... Increased intra-ocular
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Symmetric macular ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... resulting in a dilated ... stages #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... Parvovirus B19 • Candida ... ART should be delayed ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
↑LDH, etc) • Delayed ... • Transfusion Related ... of transfusion related ... inability to break down ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
LDH, etc) - Delayed ... - Transfusion Related ... of transfusion related ... inability to break down ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Bolus slow to go down ... esophageal dysphagia is dictated ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
CS), Cronkhite-Canada ... elongated cystically dilated ... hemangioma Cronkhite-Canada ... Syndromes #diagnosis #management