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An evidence-based algorithm to guide the use of MRSA coverage (in community acquired pneumonia) is shown
evidence-based algorithm ... (in community acquired ... #CAP #Community ... #Acquired #Management ... #Deescalate #Deescalation
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
pneumonia Atypical coverage ... ) MRSA coverage ... only in selected cases ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #CAP
Skin Hypopigmentation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Diffuse Congenital - Generalized hypopigmentation of hair, eyes, skin
 • Phenylketonuria
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Piebaldism Diffuse Acquired ... macules) Localized Acquired ... Tinea versicolor (can ... #causes
Disorders of Pigmentations - Hypopigmentation and Hyperpigmentation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

HYPOPIGMENTATION
Diffuse Congenital - Generalized hypopigmentation of
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Piebaldism Diffuse Acquired ... Tinea versicolor (can ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... of hypokalemia can ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #workup
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... MRSA: Add MRSA coverage ... Aeruginosa: Add coverage ... Pulmonary #Community #Acquired
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
systemically ill and can ... , no extensive workup ... is required. ... EtOH - Infectious workup ... #Differential #Algorithm
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

Causes of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia can be classified as due to (1) increased bilirubin
Neonatal Jaundice Causes ... hyperbilirubinemia can ... Neonatal #Jaundice #Algorithm ... #Differential #Workup
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... lymphangioscintigraphy can ... Although nonhepatic causes ... ascites #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
‘broaden’ this coverage ... holes” in their coverage ... important drug classes ... We can combine these ... #antibiotics #coverage