Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary Lung Abscess Etiology: • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #differential #causes
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... lung infections ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body • Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... change in the lungs ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework Disease by CD4 Count: Any CD4 Count: • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... factor • May cause ... ), anemia, arthralgia ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework Who? Infectious: • Pre-existing valvular disease • Prosthetic valve • Congenital heart disease • IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... Septic emboli cause ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) What? Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... petechiae) • Frequent infections ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... • Parvovirus infection ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) Suspect: Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
fibromyalgia) • Infections ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... with Lupus: • Chronic ... B-cell activation
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary WHAT? • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... hypothyroidism, infection ... • Normocytic anemia ... TREATMENT: • The ... for PMR is a chronic
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