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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Microbiology
 • Typicals: Strep pneumoniae, H influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staph aureus,
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... MERS-COV, SARS-COV-1, ... #Pneumonia #CAP ... #differential #diagnosis
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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• Anion Gap ... Ketones • AKI / Ca ... Alcohol #Ingestion #diagnosis ... #toxicology #comparison ... #table
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Shock and Vasoactive ... Drugs 1) Determine ... and etiology of shock ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... management #comparison #table
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... Consider if: 1) ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... Management: 1) ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
radiation dose required ... definitive imaging if required ... are outlined in Table ... 1 #Diagnosis ... Imaging #Comparison #Table
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
of Factor IX Acquired ... Acute DIC - Septic shock ... Deficiencies #Summary #table ... #comparison #diagnosis
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... Hospitalization for > 1 ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #CAP
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
. tuberculosis can ... immune response, or acquired ... responses, or with acquired ... @paimadhu ‏ #Diagnosis ... IGRA #Spectrum #Table