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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... , id Once daily ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Pediatric community acquired pneumonia diagnosis and management. #CAP #pediatrics #pneumonia #PNA #ID #pedsID
community acquired pneumonia ... diagnosis and management ... CAP #pediatrics #pneumonia ... #PNA #ID #pedsID
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
ID Approach to Fever ... and Rash - Diagnostic ... angiomatosis, Sweet syndrome ... Washington University ID ... Rash #Febrile #Diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... 104°F) • Lobar pneumonia ... gram-negative pneumonia ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Diagnosis: ... Treatment: • ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD ... #diagnosis #management
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... • COVID-19 pneumonia ... Severe typhoid fever ... Indications #infections #management ... #treatment
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (IBS) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia ... 2—3 weeks • Fever ... often elevated Treatment ... jirovecii #PJP #Pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Serotonin syndrome ... Washington University ID ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #high #fever
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
and Treatment Algorithm ... ng/mL (absolute ID ... 20% (functional ID ... #management #algorithm ... #cardiology #treatment