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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies ... steroids to treat infectious ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant ... #Pharmacology #
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... Acute Kidney Injury ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI #Acute ... Kidney #Injury #Medications ... #Drugs #pharmacology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... hepatorenal syndrome) Intrarenal ... disease - Post-infectious ... Urinary tract infection ... • Medications
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
starvation - Acute ... bone syndrome) Extrarenal ... #differential #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
Isospora belli Infection ... Preferred Therapy for Acute ... 3–4 weeks) if symptoms ... Alternative Therapy For Acute ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Thrombosis, ↓ Severe infection ... recommended with other medications ... - Cuteanous: acute ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms ... : Acute onset 2 ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
presents with an acute ... • Associated symptoms ... hypothyroidism, infection ... 2 years until symptoms ... months (until the medication
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... activation and/or medications
Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) 
5 Alpha-Reductase inhibitors
 • Flnasterlde and dutasterlde act by reducing
reduced to improve symptoms ... of BPH, such as acute ... urinary tract infections ... BPH #Prostate #Medications ... #Pharmacology