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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment #Indications
Tranexamic Acid - Indications and Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics:
 • MOA: Inhibits plasminogen activation to plasmin & inhibits fibrinolysis
Tranexamic Acid - Indications ... and Pharmacology ... Hypotension with rapid injection ... #Pharmacology # ... hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
axial (spine, shoulders ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... (tuberculosis) ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
weird joints (shoulders ... , wrists, elbows ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Treatment of COVID-19 Infection ... Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine should ... macular pathology" should ... smfarmhosp_smfh #Drugs #Medications ... Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Thrombosis, ↓ Severe infection ... recommended with other medications ... very uncommon but should ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Anti-IL6 Agents (Tocilizumab, Siltuximab) in COVID19

IL-6 activates T cells and macrophages, among other cell types (see
Total dose should ... Tocilizumab should ... respiratory tract infection ... Siltuximab #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Management #Medications
Lateral Epicondylitis Corticosteroid Injection

Lateral epicondylitis injection. Easy. Find point of maximal tenderness on palpating and should
Corticosteroid Injection ... epicondylitis injection ... palpating and should ... Epicondylitis #elbow ... orthopedics #sports #rheumatology
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ... are contacts of infectious ... isolate DST result should ... MultiDrugResistant #Tuberculosis ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
Rybelsus (oral semaglutide) - First Oral GLP-1 Agonist
Dosing:
3 mg daily x 30 days, then 7 mg
semaglutide, the same medication ... in the injection ... Patients should ... take any other medications ... semaglutide #Diabetes #Pharmacology