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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
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Presentation: • Fever ... - HIV • Immune ... index < 2 • EPO Level ... aplastic anemia Treatment ... Aplastic #Anemia #oncology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Subacute-Acute: • Common: fever ... • Steroids: IV ... management #hematology #oncology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... Fever, chills, lack ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
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
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
of neutropenic fever ... empiric Pseudomonas treatment ... and Polymyxin B(IV ... ) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review