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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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary Trauma: • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury Exertional: •
Statins), ETOH Infection ... (Viral- HIV, Influenza ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... Management #Summary #causes ... #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
: • 1400 new cases ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... causes need to ... simplex virus, HIV ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV •
Diagnosis • Infectious ... : HAV, HCV, HEV, ... EBV, HSV, CMV ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Acute Retroviral Syndrome Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection •
infections occur ... elevation • Nausea ... infection - ... 14%), in which case ... antibody test) Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections: •
present in 15% of cases ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... in HIV: • CNS ... encephalopathy #HIV
Tuberculosis Overview 10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Active TB: • HIV ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) Definition: HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories: • Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment • Mild neurocognitive impairment • HIV dementia Pathophysiology: HIV frequently
dementia Pathophysiology ... early stages of infection ... Findings: • Rule out infectious ... Treatment: • HAART ... treatment • Cognitive
Tuberculosis Overview 10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Active TB: • HIV ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework Knee Effusion Red Flags: 1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss - DDX: -
Causes of Knee Effusions ... - DDX: - Infection ... to the knee Infectious ... Brucellosis - Viruses: HIV ... Knee #Effusions #causes
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) What? CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
history of recurrent infections ... disease • Infectious ... Management: • Lifelong IV ... DDX - Other causes ... Epstein-Barr syndrome, HIV
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