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Warm vs Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia:
 • Mechanism: IgG and Complement-mediated
 • Etiology:
Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Spherocytes • Treatment ... Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic ... • Treatment: Warm
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
 •
Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic ... reticulocytes • Hemolysis ... Antibody #Autoimmune #Hemolytic ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Anemia (AIHA) Treatment ... > 10, no more hemolysis ... AIHA #Autoimmune #Hemolytic ... #Anemia #AIHA #Treatment
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis ... Definitions: - Hemoptysis ... cords - Pseudo-hemoptysis ... ) - Massive hemoptysis ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Parenteral Antimicrobial Treatment of Common Microorganisms Causing Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis - IDSA 
Staphylococci, oxacillin susceptible
Staphylococci, oxacillin
Antimicrobial Treatment ... Enterobacteriaceae β-hemolytic ... Osteomyelitis #management #treatment
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
, weight loss, hemoptysis ... Treatment:
Nebulized Tranexamic Acid for acute treatment of stable hemoptysis 

- Mike O'Brien
@MikeEMPharmD

#Pharmacology #EBM #Management #Dosing #Pathophys
Acid for acute treatment ... of stable hemoptysis ... TranexamicAcid #Hemoptysis
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
cough, chest pain, hemoptysis ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
, motile, beta-hemolytic ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
, motile, beta-hemolytic ... infectiousdiseases #treatment