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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Table 3. ... Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
of some of the drugs ... here are the 4 drug ... #Management #Pandemic ... #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare
Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
Medications #management ... #covid19 #treatment ... #sarscov2 #criticalcare ... medications #sedation #sedative ... #alternatives #Drugs
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... differential #diagnosis ... #management # ... treatment #table
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Factitious fever, Drug ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Malignant Catatonia

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Serotonin #Syndrome #Neuroleptic
Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome ... #Serotonin #Syndrome ... SS #comparison #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #table
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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intracellular gram negative ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... carbapenems the drug ... #Bacteremia #Treatment ... #Management #Duration ... #infectiousdiseases
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
toxidrome is a syndrome ... methylphenidate (Ritalin) - Sedative-Hypnotic ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... months or years of treatment ... #pharmacology #management