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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 Guidelines ... workup dictated by symptoms ... #Candidemia #IDSA ... #candidiasis #treatment
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... When present, symptoms ... , signs, and complications ... • Treatment algorithms ... PV #Diagnosis #Management
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Illness Script Signs ... and symptoms: ... neutropenic fever) Complications ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Management ... oral antibiotic treatment ... #SSTIs #Algorithm ... #Management #skin
IDSA Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Signs & Symptoms either:
a) Persistent & not improving
IDSA Algorithm for ... the management ... Rhinosinusitis Signs ... & Symptoms either ... #idsa
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
and ophthalmic complications ... systemic sx + signs ... Treatment of GCA ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Management
Clinical Feature of Hypomagnesemia and Magnesium Deficiency
 • Electrolyte Disturbance: Hypokalemia, Hypocalcemia
 • Neuromuscular and central
sensitivity • Complications ... Hypomagnesemia #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #Treatment ... #management #Magnesium
Evaluation and Management of Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia is often asymptomatic. Evaluation begins with a search for warning signs
Evaluation and Management ... search for warning signs ... or symptoms warranting ... urgent treatment ... Hypokalemia #Evaluation #Algorithm
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
When present, symptoms ... and complications ... • "Vasomotor" symptoms ... • Treatment algorithms ... hematology #diagnosis #management