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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... 38 degrees • Chills ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... #differential #causes ... #management #treatment
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... abdominal pain, nausea ... high risk for using ... UseDisorder #Management #Treatment ... Therapies #Screening #Addiction
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... or iatrogenic causes ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... using ultrasound
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
neuropsychiatric symptoms • Caused ... rule out other causes ... span, Impaired addition ... Initiate empiric treatment ... Guidelines recommend using
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
1 - subjective chills ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Score #Diagnosis #Addiction ... #Nursing #Assessment
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... fever, malaise, chills ... ​• Isolation using ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... echocardiography - Assess ... for IPVD using ... ) on room air Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Generalized: Chills ... Septic emboli cause ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Treat underlying cause ... Complications: Abscess
Proptotic Eye found to have Abscess on POCUS (Endophthalmitis)

- Dr. J. Christian Fox https://twitter.com/jchristianfox

-- Editor Addition
found to have Abscess ... jchristianfox -- Editor Addition ... patient in this case ... appropriate w/u and treatment ... 1119331601559646209 #Ocular #Abscess
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... Fever, chills, lack ... unintentional weight loss, nausea ... by delaying ART treatment