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Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
treatment of Community Acquired ... Pnemonia (CAP) ... #Management #Outpatient ... #CAP #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... SHOCK • Ensure ... • Consider intraaortic ... #Shock #Management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... only in selected cases ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #CAP ... Antibiotics #Coverage #Management
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Diagnosis and Management ... no respiratory cause ... Labs show anion-gap ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... Labs: Anion-Gap
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
first agent in shock ... • Higher doses cause ... line in septic shock ... /cGMP • Causes ... Pharmacology #Summary #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... can develop in ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... can develop in ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Abdominal pain, nausea ... deterioration Shock ... post-ingestion) - Anion gap ... and cardiogenic shock ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Sporadic cases ... resembles community-acquired ... blastomycosis can ... Diagnosis • Management ... Blastomyces #diagnosis #management