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Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
catheterization (PAC) has never ... Diagnosis #PACatheter #NormalValues ... Chambers #Wedge #PCWP
IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
IDSA Algorithm for ... Management of Fever ... >7 days or • Clinically ... #neutropenic #fever ... #IDSA #Algorithm
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
pneumonia: Viral PCP ... cough and some fever ... This was a PCP-infection ... #Clinical #Radiology
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
to the ED with fever ... already seen her PCP ... lung abscess #Clinical
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Tx Management (IDSA ... /severe CDI IDSA ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
IDSA Algorithm for ... Neutropenic Fever ... neutropenia < 7 days and clinically ... >7 days or • Clinically ... #IDSA #Algorithm
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... bedside echo is never ... a bad idea - make ... depending on the clinical
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Other +s: PCP, Histo ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... >90% (In most clinical ... post-2010 almost never