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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Manuel Pereira #Corticosteroids ... #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
Pharmacologic Management of ARDS

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - Berlin Definition
Mechanical Ventilation - Minimizing "Baro trauma"
Fluid
Pharmacologic Management ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Conservative Approach Corticosteroids ... Blockade Pulmonary ... #pulmonary
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... pulmonary toxicity ... Symptomatic patients: Corticosteroids ... #diagnosis #management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... prolonged neutropenia, Corticosteroid ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... Very uncommon - AIDS ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases