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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 is ... patients with evidence ... PolycythemiaVera #PV #Diagnosis
Algorithm for Evaluation and Treatment of Asymptomatic Candiduria
Evidence for disseminated candidiasis, Unstable or neutropenic patient
1. fluconazole
Evaluation and Treatment ... Asymptomatic Candiduria Evidence ... Candiduria #Algorithm #Treatment ... #Asymptomatic #Diagnosis
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... biopsy without evidence ... megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... Aplastic #Anemia #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
antibiotics • No evidence ... stability • No evidence ... instability • Evidence ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Malignant Hyperthermia is a very rare, but life-threatening condition that can occur after using certain anesthetic
viewer quickly diagnose ... #hyperthermia #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... References: What evidence-based ... and treatment.
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... pregnant) • Diagnosis ... • Treatment: ... cruzi + clinical evidence ... without clinical evidence
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis ... among children; No evident ... underlying conditions Diagnosis ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... • No evidence ... , Weight loss Diagnosis ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... and biological evidences ... Unknown cause Treatment ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Mandible Fracture Management in the ED

Workup:
 - Panorex or Facial/Mandible CT scan 
 - Inspect oral
lacerations, which are evidence ... open fracture Treatment ... surgery follow up Treatment ... surgery consult #Diagnosis ... Fractures #Location #Treatment