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Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Congestive Heart Failure ... (CHF) Iron deficiency ... depot iron] Treatment ... #CHF #pharmacology ... #pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart Failure ... Pathophysiology ... Chronic heart failure ... functional ID) Treatment ... iron #deficiency #CHF
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Pathophysiology ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #differential #causes
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Viral, Fungal, Parasite ... Source control (abscess ... #Antibiotic #Failure
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
decompensation (CHF ... • Respiratory failure ... Congestive heart failure ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... : 33% • Treatment ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... CVP, left heart failure ... : No • Treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... - Renal Failure ... Na delivery): CHF ... only if no clear cause ... Definitive in ESRD or failure
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
agents, Renal failure ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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present in 15% of cases ... Antimicrobial treatment ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease caused ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
New-onset heart failure ... Septic emboli cause ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... symptomatic heart failure ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases