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Kawasaki Disease (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) 
An rare systemic acute febrile vasculitic syndrome. Aetiology unknown. 
Affects
Kawasaki Disease ... Early diagnosis ... complications. ... Features #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
the most common cardiac ... which is a common complication ... Cyanotc Heart Diseases ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... peds #pediatrics #cardiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... / CT if focal symptoms ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... / CT if focal symptoms ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... , Symptoms and Management ... - conduction disease ... #Cardiology #Staging
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
PCR is gold standard ... PCR not useful for ... clinical evidence of cardiac ... clinical evidence of cardiac ... #Management #Microbiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... #differential #cardiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
eye; unilateral symptoms ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... Streptomycin • Moderate Disease ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
3-12% • Cardiac ... incr in 27-75% • PCT ... 28% -> Incr risk complications ... associated w severe disease ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
demand Type 3 - Cardiac ... death with symptoms ... 4a: Related to PCI ... CABG Procedure #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Myocardial