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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... #CoronaVirus #Treatment ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology ... #CriticalCare #
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #CriticalCare # ... EmergencyMedicine #Pharmacology ... #Treatment #Virus
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
tool to assess level ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... glycol (solvent) toxicity ... No pharmacologic ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
not anxiety or "agitation ... Extreme rigidity, fever ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... consider empiric treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... severe nocturnal agitation ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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soil • Poor sanitation ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Medication/Drug toxicity ... elevated protein level ... persistent altered level ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment