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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Consumption of Clotting Factors ... organ damage Clinical ... • Severe Liver Disease ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... remission • Risk factors ... fatigue despite disease ... dehydration as a factor ... /other causes
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
insoluble globulin - Factor ... depletion of clotting factors ... Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... Diagnosis: • + Clinical ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
marine microbiota & causes ... necrotic ulcers Risk factors ... chronic liver disease ... University Infectious Diseases ... dermatology #legs #clinical
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
individual studies Clinical ... group with risk factor ... , describe clinical ... Confounding bias: a factor ... but not on the causal
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
epidemiological factors ... antimicrobials, clinical ... epidemiological risk factors ... but important causes ... exists Infectious Diseases
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
thyroid gland diseases ... observed in the clinical ... that of Graves disease ... emergencies are caused ... precipitating factors
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... changes and may cause ... severe clinical ... Risk Factors: ... due to chronic disease
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... pneumonia • DM risk factor ... • Periodontal disease ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... #differential #causes
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Drugs, Unknown cause