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Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... cytokines, such as IL-1 ... Fever is the main clinical ... purpura to mucosal bleeding ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... mg PO qd - If needing ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... involvement - seeding ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pathophysiology: 1. ... Tuberculosis: 1. ... involvement - seeding ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... • Towards the end ... months before 1° ... support for patients clinically ... management #cardiology #treatment
Fundic gland polyps on Endoscopy
46 yo F. with hx of 8 months of abdominal pain with
response to medical treatment ... - Dysplasia <1% ... gastric #Endoscopy #EGD ... #clinical #gastroenterology
Achalasia Classification Types - Barium Contrast Esophagram:
1) Spindle type (classic)
2) Flask type 
3) Sigmoid type
Response to
type Response to treatment ... : 2>1>3 Sigmoid ... suggestive of end ... Types #radiology #gastroenterology ... #clinical #barium
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Chagas disease) Clinical ... unclear DDX: 1. ... Three clinical features ... of dysphagia (<1 ... #gastroenterology