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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Medications 7. ... #management #algorithm ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... , weakness +/- diarrhea ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... biliary fistula - Diarrhea ... #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
IDSA Recommendations ... against travelers’ diarrhea ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... , and diarrhea; ... #UseDisorder #Management ... Screening #Addiction #Medications ... #Pharmacology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... arrythmias • Other: Diarrhea ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic ... Diarrhea - Differential ... Infectious: • Viral: AIDS ... / #Chronic #Diarrhea ... #Causes #Differential
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Toxoplasma gondii Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
 •
IDSA Recommendations ... Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS ... Indications for ... #Prevention #Treatment ... infections #HIVAIDS #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
proximal weakness, arms ... muscles: “myasthenic crises ... life-threatening Differential ... Myasthenia Crises ... Gravis #diagnosis #management