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Brain abscess in immunocompetent patient?,”Headaches, focal neurologic deficit, and ring-enhancing intracranial lesions on contrast CT scan of the brain in immunocompetent patients with an adjacent bacterial infection (eg
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Read more“Hard, non-tender submandibular mass?”,”Hard, unilateral, non-tender lymph nodes are always suspicious for cancer and must be evaluated immediately, particularly in older patients with a significant smoking history. Non-tender
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Read moreHeparin-induced thrombocytopenia?,”Suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia requires immediate cessation of all forms of heparin, laboratory testing to confirm diagnosis (serotonin release assay), and starting alternative anticoagulants (eg, direct thrombin inhibitors) even if thrombosis has not occurred. Warfarin is usually started after treatment with a non-heparin anticoagulant and platelet count recovery to > 150
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Read moreHypovolemic hyponatremia?,”Hypovolemic hyponatremia can be due to acute blood loss, renal (eg, diuretics) or GI (eg, diarrhea, vomiting) volume loss, or primary adrenal insufficiency. Volume depletion from these conditions results in loss of both sodium and water. Hypovolemia decreases effective arterial volume to the kidney, which activates the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. This leads to increased renin, angiotensin
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Read moreHIV vision loss and infection?,”In HIv patients, both HSV and VZV can cause severe, acute retinal necrosis associated with pain, keratitis, uveitis, and funduscopic findings of peripheral pale lesions and central retinal necrosis. In contrast, CMV retinitis is painless, not usually associated with keratitis or conjunctivitis
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