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OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
symptoms include: chills ... sweating, anxiety, nausea ... tapering #switching #pharmacology ... #conversion #management
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus skin ... marine microbiota & causes ... onset of fever, chills ... Vibrio #Vulnificus #skin ... dermatology #legs #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... Plan definitive management ... drape overlying skin ... a dramatic clinical ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Purpura Fulminans Skin ... splenectomy 1d chills ... rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... Purpura #Fulminans #Skin ... #Rash #clinical
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes ... and management ... cryoglobulinemia vasculitis Clinical ... manifestations - Skin ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis #Management
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
refractory disease Skin ... Anticoagulation (case ... by case) • Surgery ... Syndrome #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Algorithm for the Management ... of Purulent skin ... or those with clinical ... including those caused ... SSTIs #Algorithm #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 38 degrees • Chills ... #differential #causes
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... fever, malaise, chills ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management