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Northwestern Antibiotics Selection Guide

#Antibiotics #Selection #DecisionAid #Antibiogram #management #pharmacology #sensitivity #susceptibility
#Antibiogram #management ... #pharmacology #sensitivity ... #susceptibility
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Candidiasis (IC) Diagnosis ... 2-3 days), 50% sensitivity ... Conduct antifungal susceptibility ... Additional management ... #management #candida
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Spectrum of Disease → Sensitivity ... Step 4: Sensitivity ... to known scan sensitivity ... Stewardship #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
days for improved sensitivity ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Management #StepByStep
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
tubular necrosis Diagnosis ... counterintuitive, but sensitivity ... —100%) #Diagnosis ... #Management #ContrastInduced
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Diagnosis: • Physical ... Sputum culture (Sensitivity ... in bacteremia (Sensitivity ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #management
Evidence supports the Ottawa ankle rules as an accurate instrument for excluding fractures of the ankle
instrument has a sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #Management
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Laboratory Diagnosis ... antimicrobial susceptibility ... #Management #Microbiology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
, difficult to diagnose ... malignant) to diagnose ... Genetic susceptibility ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
and COPD The diagnosis ... bronchoprovocation test, and sensitivity ... the differential diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management