89 results
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
Causes of Respiratory ... Syndrome (RDS)* ... Amniotic Fluid - Infectious ... Syndrome (RDS)* ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... acute respiratory distress ... syndrome, PJP Pneumocystis ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Causes of Pharyngitis ... Differential Diagnosis Infectious ... Bacterial: Group A Strep ... Group B and C Strep ... Lupus, Behcet syndrome
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... pericarditis (select cases ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary ... Easily reversible cause ... states • Infection ... impaction - Stress ... , cauda equina syndrome
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Differential Diagnosis Infectious ... 45%) • Group A Strep ... Group C and G strep ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Diagnosis and Management ... acute enteric infection ... gastrointestinal infection ... less common: Life stress ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... take 48 hrs for infections ... thrombophlebitis), HAP, Blood stream
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
 -
Causes of Diffuse ... granulomatosis - Churg-Strauss ... syndrome - Giant ... cell arteritis Infectious ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
Causes of Depressed ... Malformation • TORCH Infection ... • Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome • Birth ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes