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Khan Academy: Nclex Rn Questions on Tuberculosis 1
NCLEX-RN practice questions on tuberculosis.
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Khan Academy: Tb and Hiv
Two deadly diseases, HIV and TB, can often co-exist in the same patient. Treatment of these diseases is discussed as is the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (iris) and the paradoxical iris.
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Khan Academy: Drug Resistant Tb
Learn the different kinds of drug resistance and ways to treat that resistance. Discussion includes treating patients who have relapsed with the same infection or a new TB infection.
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Khan Academy: Treatment of Active Tb
A discussion of how to treat Active TB in order to prevent disability and death from the infection and to reduce the spread of the disease.
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Khan Academy: Preventing Tb Using "4 I's"
Learn how to help prevent tuberculosis by using the "4I's" model: Intensive Case Findings, Isoniazid, Isolation, and Immunization.
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Khan Academy: Preventing Tb Transmission
Preventing tuberculosis transmission includes the following: medication, isolation, surgical mask, distancing/spacing from other, air purifying respirator, and HEPA filter.
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Khan Academy: Diagnosing Active Tuberculosis
Discover how clinical clues including chest X-ray, TB skin test, and Sputum sample, can determine if someone has an active TB infection.
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Khan Academy: Interpreting the Ppd
Discover how the cut off for a "positive PPD" depends on clinical clues.
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Khan Academy: Primary and Secondary Tb
Key features of primary TB and how it differs from secondary TB.
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Khan Academy: Pathogenesis
An explanation of how tuberculosis causes damage to lungs and other organs in the body. Latent and secondary tuberculosis is also examined. Of note is once infected with tuberculosis it's with you forever and may cause subsequent issues.
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Khan Academy: Mantoux Test (Aka. Ppd or Tst)
How the Mantoux test is administered and how it works when determining if a person has tuberculous.
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Khan Academy: What Is Tuberculosis?
An overview of tuberculosis (TB) or consumption which is an infectious disease caused by bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Examined are the affects of tuberculosis on the lungs, latent tuberculosis vs. active tuberculosis, symptoms,...
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Khan Academy: Unit: Infectious Diseases
Introduction to a unit of lessons on the following infectious diseases: Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Influenza, Polio, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and AIDS, Malaria.
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Khan Academy: Tb Epidemiology
A description of how many lives TB affects throughout the world.
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Khan Academy: What Is Tb?
An explanation of how tuberculosis spreads, its affects on the lungs, latent TB infection vs active TB infection, and constitutional symptoms of TB.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.33 Respiratory System Disorders
Understand how some respiratory disorders affect the human body.
Library of Congress
Loc: Health and Welfare in Pakistan
This site from The Library of Congress discusses the poverty rate and welfare in Pakistan. Access to safe water, Western healthcare, and leading causes of death are also discussed. The information that is presented is brief but factual.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Tuberculosis [Pdf]
Fact sheet on tuberculosis describes how its causes as well as its symptoms and prognosis
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Health: Tuberculosis
The National Institute of Health gives the basics about the disease tuberculosis.
Other
Robert Koch: Noble Laureate in Medicine
This site provides a short biography of Robert Koch (1843-1910 CE) highlighting his birth, education, and accomplishments. Written in outline form, noting Koch as the 1905 Nobel Laureate in Medicine.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The Return of Tb
Test your knowledge of tuberculosis and other diseases. Separate fact from fiction, and match historical notes and symptoms to various human illnesses.
EL Education
El Education: Diseased
This fictionalized journal was created by a high school student in Denver, Colorado. It tells the haunting story, through a combination of text and images, of a young woman who is stricken with tuberculosis (and later HIV). This...
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Lab Tests Online: Tuberculosis
What is TB? What are its signs/symptoms? What type of laboratory tests are use to diagnose TB? What treatment options are available? These questions are answered in this thorough and informative site.