Quick update - more to follow
Readers - apologies for the recent dearth of posts Please shoot me a note if you are a current med student interested in taking over this site (I keep pretending I'll update it, but clearly that hasn't happened)
Readers - apologies for the recent dearth of posts Please shoot me a note if you are a current med student interested in taking over this site (I keep pretending I'll update it, but clearly that hasn't happened)
As a med student in an urban area (and most likely anywhere) you are likely to treat at least one patient with HIV/AIDS. You may even have the opportunity to rotate through a clinic that exclusively treats HIV patients. In all cases you should be familiar with where to look to get a handle on the disease, the epidemic, and the drug regimens used to manage HIV.
For a highly informative overview on the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic visit the CDCs dedicated site here: www.cdc.gov/hiv
For the latest in treatment guidelines, including pediatrics and adolescents, visit the NIH's AIDS info site here
Dx | RBCs* | WBCs* | Glucose (mg/dL) | Protein (mg/dL) | Opening Pressure (cm H20) |
Normal | <10 | <5 | ~2/3 of serum | 15 - 45 | 10 - 20 |
Bacterial Meningitis | +/- | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ |
Viral Meningitis | +/- | ↑ | +/- | ↑ or +/- | ↑ or +/- |
Aseptic Meningitis | +/- | ↑ | +/- | ↑ or +/- | +/- |
SAH | ↑ | ↑ | +/- | ↑ | ↑ or +/- |
Guillain-Barre | +/- | +/- | ↑ or +/- | ↑↑ | +/- |
MS | +/- | ↑ or +/- | +/- | +/- | +/- |
Pseudotumor Cerebri | +/- | +/- | +/- | +/- | ↑↑↑ |
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During my year at Wharton I have had the opportunity to work on various health care projects across multiple sectors, and have needed to look beyond PubMed for data. I have found a few gold mines:
Every student should take an advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) class before their sub-internship / externship. Although you may find that by the time you arrive at a code there are already approximately 302934 people there, you should know your algorithms and understand the logic of the person running the code...one day it could be you. Below are links to the ACLS algorithms based on the most recent American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.