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Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
treatment #hcv #medications ... #infectiousdisease ... HepatitisC #Management #Pharmacology
Medications that cause Hyponatremia

#Diagnosis #Pharmacology #Hyponatremia #Medications #DrugInduced #List #Differential
Medications that ... Hyponatremia #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology # ... Hyponatremia #Medications
Important Cardiac Transplant Medications and Side Effects
 • Cyclosporine (Sandimmune, generic) - Calcineurin inhibitor, decreasing T
Cardiac Transplant Medications ... production for immune ... mTOR receptor and immune ... Cardiac #Transplant #Medications ... #drugs #pharmacology
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
because of innate immune ... with acquired immune ... without retaining immune ... @paimadhu ‏ #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Congestion • Medications ... Glomerular: ANCA, Immune-complex ... Interstitial: Immune-mediated ... #Differential #Diagnosis
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious Diseases Exposure History

I - Immunization - Vaccination status (age-appropriate, comorbidities, travel, etc)
M
travel, etc) M - Medication ... immunocompromising medications ... , prophylactic medications ... History #Mnemonic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... Management #Treatment #Indications
Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
Dose Steroids - Indications ... StressDose #Steroids #Indications ... Endocrinology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
- Differential Diagnosis ... Generalized: • Auto-immune ... Sarcoidosis • Medications ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Differential Diagnosis Summary
Innate Immunity:
 • Neutropenia
 • Phagocytic Deficiencies
 • Complement
- Differential Diagnosis ... Transplant • Medications ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases