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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... acute respiratory distress ... syndrome, PJP Pneumocystis ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Eosinophilia Infection ... Helminthic: Loffler syndrome ... polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... are caused by members ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... typically part of the workup ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Causes: - Parenchyma ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Parasitic infections ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
aspiration, Parasitic infection ... Ascaris), Churg-Strauss ... syndrome, Allergic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #pulmonary
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
but important causes ... nutritionally variant Strep ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... #differential #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome – ARDS ... leading to increased pulmonary ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... barns and lake houses ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases