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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
- Diagnosis and ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... edema, Shock Labs ... #management #Treatment
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... diarrhea, cough Immune ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... gradually with symptoms ... Improvement in symptoms ... macrophages Treatment ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... #pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... Signs/Symptoms: ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment ... #Pulmonary #Community
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
urinary catheter and immune ... /Symptoms: • Usually ... be present or signs ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae ... data • Early treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Immune Reconstitution ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... Neurological symptoms ... Medication/Drug toxicity ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment