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Obstetric patients often pose challenges to anesthesiologists, as lab values and parameters vary from a non-pregnant
anesthesiologists, as lab values ... vary from a non-pregnant ... physiologic changes in pregnant ... patient data or clinical ... #diagnosis #clinical
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Fatty Liver of Pregnancy ... : • Defect in fetal ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #Fatty #Liver #Pregnancy
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Invasive disease • Pregnancy ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Invasive disease • Pregnancy ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... support for patients clinically ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... management #cardiology #treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... Transmission: • Fecal-oral ... routine O&P • Clinical ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Conjunctivitis Clinical ... Inflamed Turbinates Treatment ... Brianna Valdes @ ... Allergic #Rhinitis #diagnosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... recurrent CDI • Fecal ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #management #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... or sed rate): Value ... GCA, but normal values ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
This can be fatal ... may cause severe clinical ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis