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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
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Nephrology #Management ... #Pharmacology #
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... ) • Liver failure ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... disease - Post-infectious ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Migraine - Preventative Treatments

 • Anticonvulsants: *Topiramate, *Sodium valproate, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
 • Antidepressants: Amitriptyline, Venlafaxine, Duloxetine,
- Preventative Treatments ... Cyproheptadine * Level ... #Preventative #Treatment ... prophylaxis #prevention #pharmacology ... #neurology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... Non-inflammatory causes: • Infectious ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
vasoconstriction syndrome ... brain injury • Infectious ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Guillain Barre Syndrome ... dysfunction, Absence of fever ... Sharp sensory level ... Recent diphtheritic infection ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... status, and focal neurologic ... confusion, and focal neurologic ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology