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Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... - Diagnosis and ... Management Pneumonia ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... #Management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... : 1. ... Prevotella • Fungal ... #treatment #diagnosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #management #treatment
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
resembles community-acquired ... pneumonia with ... • Management ... Amphotericin B for 1- ... #fungal
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Incubation period is 1- ... malaise • Septic shock ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... Treatment: • 50% ... #management #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... : • Direct fungal ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... fever • Septic shock ... #Diagnosis #Management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Vitamin C is required ... vasculitis Treatment ... Supplementation with 1
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... : 1. ... epilepticus Treatment ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• Incidence: 1 ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... ventilation is required ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... remains unknown • Final ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... months before 1° ... #treatment