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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management - IDSA ... Echinocandins (e.g ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... and preventing clinical ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... neuropathies (ataxia ... No additional workup ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Cramping, Weakness, Ataxia ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... #treatment #MS
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Opthaloplegia • Ataxia ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Neurologic disorders ... #Hypertension #Workup
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Serologic and EMG ... Clinical DX: - ... diagnosis #management #neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... with positive serology ... • Use until clinical ... #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... monoparesis), limb ataxia ... , gait ataxia, and