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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocarditis: 1. ... Build clinical suspicion ... myocarditis Clinical ... HF, Cardiogenic shock ... Low voltage Treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... aeruginosa Clinical ... in adults with clinically ... Pulmonary #Community #Acquired
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... typically fall into 1 ... determined based on two clinical ... criticalcare #icu #clinical
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... mg per day or 1 ... slow taper over 1-
Malignant Hyperthermia is a very rare, but life-threatening condition that can occur after using certain anesthetic
condition that can ... #algorithm ... Diagnosis and treatment ... Therapeutics and Clinical ... Rare Diseases, 10(1)
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Kawasaki Disease 1. ... if they have no clinical ... purposes of this algorithm ... echo is positive, treatment ... those >day 10 with clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• Incidence: 1 ... transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ventilation is required
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... as the vessels can ... patients with CAD ... #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare