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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Pulmonary embolus ... remains unknown • Final ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... sx overlap with normal ... support for patients clinically
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
immunosuppression (eg ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... sometimes have this morphology ... Management #treatment #fungal
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL ... management #treatment #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Enteroviruses (e.g ... dengue, LaCrosse, Saint ... • Common clinical ... #neurology #meningitis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... (e.g. incidental ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... ), liver (pain/abnormal ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
manicuring, psoriasis, fungal ... Nail #Diseases #Abnormal ... #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Atlas
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... • Dimorphic fungi ... common endemic fungal ... echinocandins (e.g ... Itraconazole first line
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... by culture or serology ... level • A low or normal ... : • Serology for