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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... Consider if: ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... #Treatment
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... with passive AND active ... ROM +/- fever, ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... anal Cxs) • *** If
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
Algorithm for the Management ... of active seizures ... bag-valve mask if ... Pharmacologic treatment ... The focus is on
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
IFN-γ-activated ... TB: • Fever • ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
patients who have treatment-resistant ... metabolized in the liver ... has some limited activity ... #Toxicology #Toxicity ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
IFN-γ-activated ... TB: • Fever • ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone half life ... starting amiodarone treatment ... Fever 4. ... macrophages Treatment ... #management #Toxicology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity ... • Persistently active ... continued • If ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Methotrexate Toxicology 

Intravenous leucovorin (folinic acid) treatment serves as a cofactor necessary for synthesis of thymidylate
(folinic acid) treatment ... the serum MTX level ... evidence of marrow toxicity ... Antidote #Toxicology #Toxicity ... #Management #Pharmacology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
, INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management