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Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Algorithm for Chronic ... Disease Initial ... disease (COPD) ... of obstruction, symptom ... control persistent symptoms
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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- Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Signs and symptoms ... anemia unresponsive to ... treatment • Elevated ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
• Indolent symptoms ... evolve over weeks to ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Diagnostic ... • Treatment algorithms ... - Phlebotomy to ... von Willebrand disease
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... diagnosis. ... hiking, travel to ... Treatment is doxycycline ... #Symptoms #Early
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... Summary GERD: Diagnosis ... Laryngeal and pulmonary ... Gastroesophageal #Reflux #Disease ... #diagnosis #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... - Acute pulmonary ... blastomycosis • Diagnosis ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... management #summary #fungal
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Diagnosis was made ... testing and expedite treatment ... galactocerebroside that leads to ... neurotoxic • Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #MRI
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... allergy - Switch to ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary