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Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #management #treatment
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
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Summary Dengue Fever ... Presentation: Fever ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy

ILE is a treatment for severe toxicity from local anesthetics. In addition,
Therapy ILE is a treatment ... for severe toxicity ... life-threatening toxicity ... #ILE #Therapy #Toxicology ... #Management #Pharmacology
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
 •
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... • Serotonin Syndrome ... Withdrawal • Lithium Toxicity ... SarahFoohey #Hot #fever
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
• Flecanide toxicity ... Diptheria • Typhoid fever ... Acute rheumatic fever ... Psittacosis • Q fever ... • Yellow fever
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
ID Approach to Fever ... Desquamative: Scarlet fever ... angiomatosis, Sweet syndrome ... Questions @WuidQ #Fever ... Algorithm #Schema #InfectiousDiseases
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
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
vary depending on treatment ... mortality at a higher level ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology #
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... Glucose, Salicylate level ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... #Toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment