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Daliresp (Roflumilast) 
Indication: Reduce risk of COPD exacerbations 
Drug Class: Selective Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) Inhibitor 
GOLD 2019
tablet once daily ... increase to 500 mcg ... recommendations for the treatment ... the use of this medication ... won’t have any clinical
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... tolerable • High MIC ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... valleyfever #management #treatment ... antifungals #comparison #table
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
effects in the treatment ... Weaknesses: High MIC ... Weaknesses: Limited clinical ... Antifungal #agents #medications ... pharmacology #management #treatment
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Inhibitors of Na+CI ... Postoperative abdominal ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Pharmacology #Medications ... #Table
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... Change in clinical ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
sometimes - MCW ... EM Ultrasound @ ... Ruptured #AAA #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #aneurysm #aorta
AAA on POCUS 
The echo swirling suggests a very low pressure, almost venous. Pt without prior
Seen in clinic for ... Vitals stable. ... RJonesSonoEM #AAA #Abdominal ... #Aortic #Aneurysm ... #ultrasound
Giant AAA on POCUS

Elderly pt with abd/back pain. Stable. Has pulsatile mass on exam spans 12
Stable. ... #Giant #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #aneurysm
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... fungal stain of clinical ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... a yeast cell Coccidioidomycosis