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HY lecture notes: Empiric Tx for community acquired pneumonia is usually azithromycin. Covers atypicals like Mycoplasma and also Strep pneumo. Occasionally can use a fluoroquinoline instead of azithromycin, but …
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HY Lecture notes: Travelers diarrhea –> dude goes traveling and gets self-limiting watery diarrhea; sometimes green; but the point is it’s not liters and liters of rice-water stool, which is …
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HY Lecture notes: Hemophilia A and B are XR. If you get a difficult vignette where you’re not sure of the Dx, just remember you’ll never see these in …
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HY lecture notes: Pale RBCs –> think iron deficiency. In elderly, especially think per rectum blood loss. Most common cause is diverticular bleed, but red flag is obviously colorectal …
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Lecture notes: Hairy cell leukemia – cytoplasmic projections; acid phosphatase + ALL – kids; CD10, TdT positive; Down syndrome –> can cause ALL and AML, but ALL more, especially …
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Lecture notes: Renal failure –> increased Cr, Hb low, Hct low, MCV normal, ferritin normal, iron low, transferrin saturation normal –> anemia of chronic disease (AoCD) Can be due …
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Lecture notes: Hereditary hemochromatosis is AR, chromosome 6, HFE gene. Most common mutations are C282Y and H63D missense. Heavy metal disorders are AR. So Wilson disease is also AR. …
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