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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... Hemodynamically stable ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... after treatment
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... days • Scarlet fever ... #management #durations ... primarycare #outpatient #treatment ... #pharmacology #
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
C virus (HCV) infection ... DAAs #Antivirals #table ... #treatment #hcv ... HepC #HepatitisC #Management ... #Pharmacology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
: • Recurrent infections ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... progress to MDS or acute ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
B for initial management ... - Virtually never ... ) - Main adverse ... effects = Hematologic ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... months without treatment ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... gastroenterology #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
presents as an acute ... rapidly, and empiric antibiotic ... agent are the main ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... 38.50C, abdominal pain ... HIV infection or ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... #Diarrhea #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Pleuritic chest pain ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Lung Abscess Management