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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... acute respiratory distress ... syndrome, PJP Pneumocystis ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Drug-related (NMS ... , serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... thrombophlebitis), HAP, Blood stream
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
is important, as ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... MRI lesions and clinical
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... & MOF → occurs as ... Treatment Strategy ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... #STSS #treatment
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
Approach to the Infectious ... factors (such as ... that define the clinical ... syndrome - Does ... febrilepodcast@gmail.com #InfectiousDiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... severe respiratory distress ... material such as ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... proximal weakness, arms ... Diagnosis - Clinical ... Clinical DX: - ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Syndrome (ARDS) ... week of a known clinical ... consistent with pulmonary ... must be present, as ... #Syndrome #Berlin
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Infection with ... antimicrobials, clinical ... nutritionally variant Strep ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases