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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
and Treating Chagas ... Disease Note: Treatment ... #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... inflammation, leading ... APS), Secondary prevention ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology #
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... Topical steroids • Prevention ... Behcets #disease #Syndrome ... #pharmacology # ... rheumatology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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infections result from reactivation ... Antimicrobial treatment ... status, and focal neurologic ... visual changes, hearing ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... IL-1 and IL-6, leading ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... MAS #Macrophage #Activation ... #Management #Hematology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Consider refeeding syndrome ... nutrients • TPN for treatment ... deficiencies) Dumping Syndrome ... excluded limb • Treatment ... and prevention
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
emphasis placed on prevention ... causing hypovolemia needing ... acute coronary syndrome ... then placed on prevention ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome ... nocturnal enuresis • Prevention ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology #
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
with positive serology ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management ... #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology