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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Systemic disease ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... • Pregnancy ... culture (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... • Pregnancy ... culture (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute ... Diagnosis and Management ... Hyperemesis of pregnancy ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... development of Korsakoff syndrome
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
and tested positive ... Note: Treatment ... patients with acute ... Preferred Therapy for Acute ... #management #opportunistic
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... ) on room air Treatment ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome ... #treatment #hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs Acute ... myoglobinemia; can be fatal ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... months or years of treatment ... #pharmacology #management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... emotions - A positive ... Testing anti-GAD (positive ... Treatment: • ... #treatment #neurology