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Why is my patient neutropenic?
Neutropenia is a common reason for hematology consultations in the inpatient and outpatient settings and is defined as an absolute neutrophil count less than 1500 cells/μL. Neutropenia varies in severity, with more profound neutropenia being associated with higher rates of infections and infection-related deaths. The causes for neutropenia are diverse and include congenital and acquired conditi...
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After how long in tuberculosis (TB) treatment can I expected my patient to have negative smear or culture results? This is a common concern of clinicians throughout the world. One worry is about the infectiousness of the patient with TB. A patient who is smear negative can be expected to be less infectious than one who is smear positive, and this may indicate that he or she is safe to reenter t...
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) seems to be changing-with increasing virulence and incidence, more resistance to metronidazole, and worse outcomes. Accurate diagnosis is critical, but 3 common misconceptions lead to misdiagnosis: Clostridium difficile infection is a possibility when the patient has fewer than 3 loose stools per day; the glutamate dehydrogenase test for CDI is sensitive an...
متن کاملMy Experience as an Ebola patient
I was one of the doctors in the medical team that treated the Liberian index case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) after he flew to Lagos from Liberia on the 20th of July 2014. I am not exactly sure when I came into contact with the virus. It may have been on the night (before we ever suspected Ebola) when I touched his intravenous fluid bag with my bare right hand and probably touched my eyes, mou...
متن کاملHas my patient achieved adequate myocardial reperfusion?
For two decades, the goal of reperfusion has been restoration of normal epicardial blood flow.1–4 It has, however, become increasingly apparent that not all TIMI grade 3 flow is created equally, and attention has shifted downstream to the restoration of normal myocardial perfusion to fully optimize clinical outcomes.3,4 The goal of this Clinician Update is to provide clinicians with a better un...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000002085