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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 ... #table
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Summary Dengue Fever ... Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Treatment Goals ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Syndrome (STSS) ... (2+): kidneys, liver ... , lung/ARDS, coagulopathy ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... #Syndrome #STSS
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Ensure leg is at level ... globules in the lung ... including DM • Treatment ... activity below the level ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... CCB, BB, BRASH syndrome ... cytokine release syndrome ... neuraxial anesthesia), Liver ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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CA, small cell lung ... HELLP • Trauma: Shock ... liver • Metabolic ... Vascular: Budd-chiari syndrome ... Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
- Triglyceride level ... as for septic shock ... abdominal compartment syndrome ... limit them as able ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... Refractory septic shock ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... antibiotics once stable ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... shows a small, stable