9 results
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
respiratory distress syndrome ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
, Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... acute enteric infection ... gastrointestinal infection ... #Management #Algorithm
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
• Esophagus: Tear ... Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome ... colitis, UC/Chrons (IBD ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Causes #algorithm
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Peripheral ... Vasculitides, IBD ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reaction to Medications
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Parasitic infections ... Medications 7. ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #diagnosis #differential
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis ... and Management ... Endocrinopathies (Cushing Syndrome ... pancreatitis), Infections ... Rubella) • Medications
Ulcerative Proctitis
Proctitis:
 • Affects 1/3 patients
 • Predictors of extension:
     - Disease
- 1 flare/year ... Infection (CMV, ... Ulcerative #Proctitis #IBD ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... • Medications ... concomitant infection ... 2 attacks in a year
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis