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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Investigations: full blood count ... hepatitis serology, HIV ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
Patients with CD4 ... Count <200/mm3) ... times weekly (AI ... count >200 cells ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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Infections in HIV-AIDS ... Prophylaxis: • CD4 ... count <150 cells ... with ARV (see Table ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS ... Prophylaxis: • CD4 ... count <50 cells ... please refer to Table ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
glomerular disease 1) ... ) Reticulocyte count ... /platelet count ... glomerular #disease #workup ... initial #testing #nephrology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
positive serology and CD4 ... count <250 cells ... Disseminated Disease)—Acute ... daily (AII) • ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Bartonella Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preferred Therapy
For Bacillary Angiomatosis, Peliosis Hepatis, Bacteremia, and Osteomyelitis:
q6h (AII) For ... q12h + gentamicin 1 ... as long as the CD4 ... count remains < ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... • Incidence: 1 ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... white blood cell count ... the underlying pathophysiology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, AI • Ureterojejunostomy ... reabsorption) Workup ... Elimination (see Table ... + 1-2 amps D50W ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... patients with CD4 ... count ≥200 cells ... • Valacyclovir 1 ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology