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Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
PO dosage forms and ... #pharmacology #antibiotics ... #medications #table ... #treatment #drugs
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Pericardial tamponade, Pulmonary ... pharmacology ... #pharmacology # ... inopressors #diagnosis ... management #comparison #table
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... Hypoventilation • Drugs ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Classification and ... exacerbations requiring antibiotics ... #Obstructive #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
drugs that are used ... , carbapenems, and ... landscape of Dystonia drugs ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology ... classification #table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... Artery Disease • Stable ... • Asthma • COPD ... #Algorithm #Causes
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment Algorithm ... disease (COPD) ... corticosteroids, antibiotics ... #Algorithm #Management ... SABA #SAMA #ICS #Pharmacology
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
infection - Management Algorithm ... Hemodynamically stable ... Hernodynamically stable ... infection #Management #Algorithm ... #CRBSI #diagnosis
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhage) - Pulmonary ... e.g. pneumonia, COPD ... exacerbation) - Drugs ... #Table #Causes
Central distribution is seen in sarcoidosis and cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Peripheral distribution is mainly seen in cryptogenic
cardiogenic pulmonary ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #Differential #Table