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Workup for First Time Seizure

#Diagnosis #Workup #Seizure #FirstTime #NewOnset #ALiEM
Workup #Seizure #FirstTime
Recommended 1st-line Treatments for HIV

based on the guidelines by @AIDSinfo

 - Infographic by IDagram
@ID_agram

#HIV #Treatments #Medications
Medications #Therapy #Firstline
Tailoring Vasopressors to a Patient's Physiology

Overall, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and vasopressin are all supported by evidence as
Selection #Algorithm #FirstLine
Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
Drugs #Seizure #FirstTime ... #Initiation #start
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma #Overlap #FirstLine
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... • Initiation ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA
Factors to be considered in deciding to initiate treatment empirically for active tuberculosis (TB) (prior to
#tuberculosis #initiation ... #management #IDSA
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Toxoplasma gondii Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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IDSA Recommendations ... Indications for Initiating ... #Encephalitis #IDSA
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating HHV-8 Diseases—Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL), Multicentric Castleman’s
IDSA Recommendations ... factors of KS, early initiation ... lymph nodes): • Initiation ... KaposiSarcoma #Castlemans #IDSA
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Cryptosporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Cryptosporidiosis:
 • Because chronic cryptosporidiosis occurs
IDSA Recommendations ... immunodeficiency, initiation ... Cryptosporidiosis #IDSA