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Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
Agents to Treat ... and sodium • Dosing ... binds magnesium • Dosing ... and calcium • Dosing ... pharmacology #table #comparison
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
Classification of ... or mutation in genes ... coding for bile ... #Jaundice #Classification ... #diagnosis #conjugated
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
the lgE, cross-linking ... , seasonal hay fever ... blood types or during ... Hypersensitivity #Types #Classification ... Pathophysiology #Allergy #Diagnosis
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
settings with crowding ... LBRF was epidemic during ... plasmids that contain genes ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... can be used for diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... days and presents fever ... include any child coming ... organs #dengue #fever ... #diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... Skin Disease Classification ... Differential Diagnosis ... pancreatitis, protein-losing ... to: Arthritis, Fever
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)

AGEP is largely a clinical diagnosis based on classical skin findings in
classical skin findings ... commonly implicated agents ... Criteria: - Fever ... During the acute ... the offending agent
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
not universal finding ... exhibit an exudative coating ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... The diagnosis of ... #Fever #Diagnosis
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
systole, the atrium gets ... a med student during ... Diagnosis by echocardiography ... unpredictable, and never ... boring.
Lumbar Stenosis - Canal and Foraminal Stenosis Grading

How do we tell if the nerves have enough
the canal starts closing ... attenuated as the space gets ... Stenosis #Grading #Classification ... Canal #Foraminal #diagnosis