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TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... Pathophysiology: 2 hit ... without other cause ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
impaired cellular immune ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... /AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... Diseases Fellows ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... required until immune ... #InfectiousDiseases
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Immune Mediated ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... Infection - Infection ... Extremely rare - HIV ... #Transfusion #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... worsening of that disease ... be present: • AIDS ... initiation Clinical ... : • Drug reaction
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
: • Immune Mediated ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... Extremely rare - HIV ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... , drug reactions ... affects the skin, neurologic ... elevated protein, lymphocytic ... tract, and often causes
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Pleocytosis: Mild lymphocytic ... simplex virus, HIV ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... • Dyspnea • Fever ... Erythema nodosum • Immune ... number of sites of disease
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... count (mainly lymphocytes ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases