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Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Opportunistic Infections ... Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... - GI Bleeding ... #Diagnosis #HIV ... Manifestations #CD4Count #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Leukemia - History of Bleeding ... , Infection, Fatigue ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... validated for VTE treatment ... studies suggest net clinical ... Anticoagulation #Factors #Hematology ... #Diagnosis
Von Willebrand Disease - Most common inherited bleeding disorder 
Clinical 
 • Easy bruising 
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common inherited bleeding ... disorder Clinical ... factor VIII) Treatment ... VonWillebrand #Disease #Diagnosis ... #Hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
: • Recurrent infections ... neutropenia • Mucosal bleeding ... Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
= funny-shaped cells ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... only curative treatment ... #Management #treatment ... #hematology #oncology
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Hematologic ... leukemia (plasma cells ... Malformation) Infections ... - TPN, GI bleeding
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis ... cryoglobulinemia vasculitis Clinical ... neuropathy Treatment ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Rheumatology ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis