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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... diff) • Hospital-Acquired
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... pericarditis SCAP ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
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 ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Cardiogenic: Myocardial Infarction ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Treatment Goals ... #management
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
CNS) involvement can ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Enteroviral infections ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... Shock can be broken ... CCB, BB, BRASH syndrome ... cytokine release syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
-> 40 years • Can ... to 8 years Clinical ... severe community-acquired ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... or nifurtimox can ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... respiratory failure - Can ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
can develop in ... death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential