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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
hepatic crisis: • Fever ... Supportive with treatment ... liver failure ... Liver transplant ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
Antivirals #table #treatment ... #medications #infectiousdisease ... #hepatology #HepC ... HepatitisC #Management #Pharmacology
Sweet’s Syndrome - Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis 

The syndrome involves fever, painful rash, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and
Sweet’s Syndrome ... - Acute febrile ... involves fever, ... #Sweets #Syndrome ... neutrophilic #dermatosis #dermatology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... • Nonmalignant hematologic ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN (LMWH) DOSING RECOMMENDATIONS (Enoxaparin and Dalteparin):
 - VTE PROPHYLAXIS
 - VTE TREATMENT
PROPHYLAXIS - VTE TREATMENT ... - ACUTE CORONARY ... SYNDROME - BRIDGE ... #Prophylaxis #Pharmacology
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 #
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome ... and Acute Fatty ... Liver of Pregnancy ... (AFLP) Three syndromes ... AFLP #obstetrics #hematology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Liver Failure ( ... months without treatment ... EmoryGastroHep #ACLF #Acute ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute ... diseases, Toxic shock syndrome ... , DRESS, Sweet syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #dermatology