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Safe Living After Transplant: Animal & Pet Safety Risks
Lower ← → Higher Infection Risk
 • Dogs:
Transplant: Animal & Pet ... febrilepodcast #animals #pets ... #differential #diagnosis
Coagulation Cascade Mnemonic - PITT vs PET
PITT (with an I) = Intrinsic = APTT
Mnemonic - PITT vs PET ... 9, 10, 11, 12 PET ... Mnemonic #PITT #PET ... #diagnosis #hematology
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Subjective weakness 20% Diagnosis ... affected (inc pets ... Poisoning #Toxicology #diagnosis
Non-invasive biomarkers for excessive alcohol use
Acute Alcohol Use Biomarkers:
 - Ethanol
 - Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG) and
Ethyl Sulfate (EtS ... Phosphatidylethanol (PEth ... abuse #laboratory #diagnosis
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Avoid in pts w/ ... Avoid in pts with ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... Nuclear SPECT ($$$), PET ... cardiology #management #diagnosis
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Household exposure - Pet ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
a hierarchy of diagnostic ... (required for diagnosis ... seen on SPECT/PET ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
Occupational Exposure: Pet ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis
The PET better demonstrates the extent of the lymphnode metastases in this patient.
Final diagnosis: small cell
The PET better demonstrates ... Final diagnosis: ... Radiology #CXR #PET
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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concentration PET-CT ... Imaging (→ Diagnostic ... glucocorticoids - reconsider diagnosis ... Related #Disease #diagnosis