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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
HAP and VAP - Diagnosis ... and Treatment ... the hospital or mechanical ... Acquired #Community #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... vasopressors, mechanical ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
important, as early diagnosis ... and treatment can ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH ... #differential #diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
/full triad at diagnosis ... Can also see mechanics ... after 2 years of treatment ... Autoimmune #Myositis #diagnosis
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
approach to the diagnosis ... also limited by technical ... patients in whom diagnostic ... and to adjust treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
for alternate diagnoses ... (GOLD Ill) or mechanically ... deficiency for newly diagnosed ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Symptom | Diagnosis ... months to years | Mechanical ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Work Shifting - Mechanical Ventilation
Why the new term:
Synchrony issues, by definition, have to do with timing.
Work Shifting - Mechanical ... See graphic for VC-CMVs ... #WorkShifting #Mechanical ... Troubleshooting #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... + IVIG • Mechanical ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... & Dry) is the treatment ... and perhaps even mechanical ... & Dry” is the treatment ... management #cardiology #treatment