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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
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... • Fever, weight ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... -1 RNA level from ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... Fever, chills, lack ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
possible - Review ... or persistent fevers ... thiamine 500 mg IV ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... glasses & hearing aides
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... • Isolated fever ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Fever 4. ... macrophages Treatment
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever ... known as valley fever ... • Diabetes • HIV ... and AIDS • Late-term ... Coccidioidomycosis #Valley #Fever
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
night sweats, fever ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases