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Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
and Management Summary ... caused by the protozoan ... mild (malaise, fever ... symptoms, positive serology ... peripheral smears using
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Incubation period: 3-12 ... ​• Isolation using ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
acetaminophen dosing ... Anxiety, pain, fever ... restrictive lung disease ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary ... #Nephrology #ABG
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... Algorithm for Convulsive ... ABC's and Don't Ever ... for reversible cause ... #Neurology #Pharmacology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management Summary ... (8-12 weeks): ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... • Treatment:
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
and Management Summary ... neuropsychiatric symptoms • Caused ... of neurologic/cognitive ... over course of disease ... Guidelines recommend using
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
and Management Summary ... Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... Muscle swelling - Fever ... disease 2. ... #treatment #nephrology
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... Infection: Coronavirus Disease ... 31 • First US case ... presentation (85% febrile during ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Infectious Disease ... as Ebola virus disease ... United States occur during ... the U.S. summer ... develop within 4 to 12
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioides): Valley Fever ... - Summary Sheet ... soil (increased during ... involvement in >95% of cases ... : no treatment