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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
headache days in one ... treatment, or those ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Management #Neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
IDSA Recommendations ... 7–10 days • One ... IsosporaBelli #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... epilepticus Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... BII)* Treating Bone ... Disseminated Disease)—Acute ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
spine • MCC- acute ... toon • Spinal infection ... decreased rectal tone ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
IDSA - Approach to Treating a Patient With Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
When to consider a trial of
IDSA - Approach ... of nonsurgical treatment ... 48–72 h if on treatment ... Persistent sepsis syndrome ... #Resection #Indications
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Torsemide) • Acute ... hyperaldosteronism • Acute ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Table
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... manifestations including acute ... and nephrotic syndrome ... to asymptomatic infection ... granuIomas on skin, bone