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Key Color Coded Medications For the Emergency Provider

 
 - Tan indicates antimicrobials/anti-infectives which may include
Key Color Coded ... antimicrobials/anti-infectives ... viral or fungal infections ... Ocular #Topical #Color ... #Coding #Codes
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... syndrome • Protein-losing ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... #Hepatology #causes
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
Colitis - Management Algorithm ... Nissle • VSL#3: ↑ clinical ... delivery to the colon ... with long-term dosing ... consider decreased dosing
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... history of recurrent infections ... disease • Infectious ... DDX - Other causes ... Burns • Protein-losing
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... settings with crowding ... The table below ... Infectious Diseases ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the spectrum of clinically ... important drug classes ... use, I’ve color ... coded the abx bars ... management #spectrum #table
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Build a regimen using ... are contacts of infectious ... , the source case ... #pharmacology #dosing
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... then be excreted using ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
particularly those coming ... Diagnosis = clinical ... vasculitis vs infection ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Protein-losing ... Post-Surgical, Infections ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes