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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 ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics ... #Coverage #Management
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... erythropoietin 1/ ... complications can ... with evidence of acquired ... PV #Diagnosis #Management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... #Community #Acquired
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Consider if: 1) ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... : 1) Resuscitation ... #Treatment
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
Herein, viewers can ... risk factors, management ... #management #medications ... Dermatol. 2018;138(1) ... /hyperactivity symptoms
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... Vitamin C is required ... Psychiatric symptoms ... vasculitis Treatment ... Supplementation with 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• Incidence: 1 ... than one after symptom ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... ventilation is required ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management