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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Positive Tourniquet test ... exposure • Symptoms ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
and COPD The diagnosis ... COPD, asthma, and ACO ... of respiratory symptoms ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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cage cleaning Symptoms ... : • Classic symptoms ... Microimmunofluorescent antibody test ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... → Inflammation causes ... functional ID) Treatment ... improvement in symptoms ... composite endpoint of all-cause
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... doi: 10.1111/all ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... K), H. pylori test ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... thyroid function test ... not required in all
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... high WBC count cause ... have fever - ACS ... Lysis Syndrome: • Pathophysiology ... Syndrome #TLS #diagnosis
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... Pathophysiology: ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... perform provocative tests ... in cath lab Treatment
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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elevation • Nausea ... 14%), in which case ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... ) Treatment: ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia (most common cause ... extremity) Diagnosis ... confirmatory lab tests ... Cornerstone of treatment ... discontinuing all