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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Summary Dengue ... Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis Framework ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Treatment Goals ... #criticalcare # ... #management
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... play a role in treatment ... Refractory septic shock ... Severe typhoid fever ... Indications #infections #management
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Presentation: - Fever ... HF, Cardiogenic shock ... Low voltage Treatment ... #management #cardiology ... #summary #biopsy
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Ask for brief summary ... RRT: • Final summary ... questions "Never ... Response #Team #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc)- Diagnosis and Management Summary
Opportunistic bacteria, Healthcare Associated Infection
Gram-Negative Bacilli, Non-lactose fermenting, oxidase
complex (Bcc)- Diagnosis ... and Management ... Summary Opportunistic ... Presentation: Fever ... #Management #treatment
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
50% in nec fasc Diagnostic ... (2+): kidneys, liver ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... Syndrome #STSS #treatment ... #management #diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management ... Summary Clinical ... active ROM +/- fever ... anal Cxs) • *** If ... #Management #Summary
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... : fever +++, hepatosplenomegaly ... , ↓ Fibrinogen level ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology