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Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
Acute bacterial ... skin and soft tissue ... infections (SSTIs) #skin ... infectiousdiseases #management ... #treatment #diagnosis
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
medications • Acute ... • Colchicine: Acute ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... gout #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #ULT
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
inform clinical team ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Plan definitive management ... drape overlying skin ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Acute Purpura Fulminans ... Skin Rash on Physical ... Exam 60 year ... Purpura #Fulminans #Skin ... Rash #clinical #photo
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Acute ... Awake: Artificial tears ... Sleep: Artificial tears ... #Treatment #Neurology
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
inform theatre team ... ❹ Call for MH treatment ... COMPLICATIONS AND OUTLINE TREATMENTS ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
weight loss • Skin ... nephrotic syndrome, or acute ... hypertension and acute ... Late latent >1 year ... stages #diagnosis #management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
days after an acute ... over the involved skin ... area of erythema, skin ... including DM • Treatment ... #treatment
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
characterized by extensive skin ... Skin involvement ... • SJS/TEN • Acute ... Exanthematous Pustulosis Management ... disease: symptomatic treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... and progressive Acute ... nodes: 13-15%, skin ... Löfgren syndrome: ACUTE ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management