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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
and Management Summary ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... Imaging and Treatment ... Hb levels and CBC ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) - Summary ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... transformation) Treatment ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... AIDP that presents ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) - Pathophysiology
Risk factors:
 - Low CD4 count
 - Disseminated OI
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(IRIS) - Pathophysiology ... factors: - Low CD4 ... duration or OI treatment ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #AIDS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management Summary ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management Summary ... Pathophysiology ... poisoning, Parkinson's disease ... Treatment: • ... Baclofen • Severe Disease