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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Intraabdominal Infection ... infectiousdiseases #management ... #pharmacology # ... treatment
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... Necrotizing Infections ... fasciitis #Skin #IDSA #Treatment ... #management #antibiotics ... #pharmacology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... #Failure #Differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... : Chronic infections ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
: • Recurrent infections ... megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
) - HELLP syndrome ... Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... Drugs (Beta lactam antibiotics ... Extravascular #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... Behcets #disease #Syndrome ... #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology # ... rheumatology
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... vonWillebrand #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology ... #differential