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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
adenopathies, confusion ... Unknown cause Treatment ... 100 mg/m2) : in case ... emergency, ICU in case ... diagnosis #management #treatment
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Purulent skin and ... erysipelas with no focus ... oral antibiotic treatment ... , or those who are ... dalbavancin, are
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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when cART is started ... are present in ... Antimicrobial treatment ... dysphasia, depression, confusion ... • Symptoms: Confusion
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
sexually transmitted infectious ... Answer: filariasis ... some experimental treatment ... Medicine #Clinical #POCUS ... Scrotom #Scrotal #Filariasis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... cauda equina TREATMENT ... the intensive care
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Case description ... • Treatment: Conservative ... steroid injection ... • Direct trauma ... /contusion: Soft-tissue
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... updated treatment ... Wuhan Virus") • Infection ... 31 • First US case ... unilateral* • POCUS
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Filariasis - Wuchereria ... Denies any trauma ... Humans are definitive ... Treatment should ... Indiana University Infectious
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Surgical Care - ... progressive inflammatory infection ... H/O antecedent trauma ... including DM • Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
severe abd pain, confusion ... These are rearranged ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases