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Button Battery Ingestion Triage and Treatment Guideline - Algorithm

#ButtonBattery #Battery #Ingestion #Algorithm #Management #Treatment #Guidelines #Toxicology
Button Battery Ingestion ... Triage and Treatment ... ButtonBattery #Battery #Ingestion ... Algorithm #Management #Treatment
Management of Supine Hypertension
 • Avoid offending agents
 • Avoid lying down during the day; rest
• Limit water ingestion ... Nonpharmacological treatments ... Pharmacological treatments ... antihypertensive treatment ... Before starting treatment
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Inhalation or ingestion ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... Microbiology #diagnosis #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... • Pharyngeal: Ingestion ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... or intentional ingestion ... or intentional ingestion ... or intentional ingestion ... table #management #treatment
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
acute or chronic ingestion ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Overuse of zinc, Ingestion ... dental fixatives, Treatment
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Hypercarbonaturia - Ingestion ... alkaline urine - Infection ... - Antiviral treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Pathophysiology: Spore ingestion ... #1 nosocomial infection ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
5-Oxoprolinuria
What is it:
 • Aka pyroglutamic acidosis, Intermediate in γ-glutamyl cycle
 • Amino acid transport and
chronic paracetamol ingestion ... organic acid screen Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment