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Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management ... #Pulmonary #LABA ... SABA #SAMA #ICS #Pharmacology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... numbness, decreased reflexes ... for concomitant pulmonary ... Residency @CMC_IM #Potts
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough, chills ... Inhalation of spores ... a yeast cell Coccidioidomycosis ... • Meningitis Coccidioidomycosis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis ... against primary coccidioidomycosis ... phlebitis, fever, chills ... #valleyfever #management ... comparison #table #pharmacology
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
COPD Management ... of my previous posts ... GOLD2019 #Guidelines #Management ... #Pulmonary #Algorithm ... #pharmacology
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis ... against primary coccidioidomycosis ... phlebitis, fever, chills ... #pharmacology # ... management #treatment
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Generalized: • Chills ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... with presence of pulmonary ... differential #algorithm #management ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis ... periods after rain/storms ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... Diagnosis • Management ... - Mild pulmonary
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis ... Infection (Diffuse Pulmonary ... triazole (BIII) #Coccidiodomycosis ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology