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Pediatric community acquired pneumonia diagnosis and management. #CAP #pediatrics #pneumonia #PNA #ID #pedsID
Pediatric community ... acquired pneumonia ... diagnosis and management ... #CAP #pediatrics ... #pneumonia #PNA
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
VAP - Diagnosis ... & CAP – those presenting ... #Pneumonia #Acquired ... #Community #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Severity ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Presenting ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
pneumonia Atypical ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics ... #Coverage #Management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... - Diagnosis and ... Management Pneumonia ... #CAP #Diagnosis
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
blastomycosis – resembles community-acquired ... pneumonia with ... • Management ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... #management #summary
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
-> 40 years • Can ... frequent and severe community-acquired ... infections: Pneumonia ... and M panel Management ... #management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Immune response can ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... the underlying pathophysiology ... ventilation is required ... #management #neurology