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Americal Epilepsy Society - Proposed treatment algorithm for status epilepticus.

#Management #Neurology #Status #Epilepticus #Refractory #Seizures #AES
Society - Proposed treatment ... epilepticus. ... #Management #Neurology ... #Status #Epilepticus ... Refractory #Seizures #AES
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... Epilepticus 1. ... #Epilepticus #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Management ... #Neurology #Pharmacology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Antibiotics Class Overview ... B for initial management ... several severe fungal ... Virtually never used as ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antibiotics Class Overview ... glucan synthesis in fungal ... severe Candida infections ... Static vs Aspergillus ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Herpes Simple Virus ... • Fungal: Candida ... : Secondary to infections ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Syndrome (PRES) Overview ... may precede the neurologic ... epilepticus ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... altered mental status ... , and focal neurologic ... confusion, and focal neurologic ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Management Algorithm for Status Epilepticus

• Assess airway, breathing, and circulation
• Pulse oximetry
• Electrocardiogram
• Finger stick (give
Management Algorithm ... for Status Epilepticus ... StatusEpilepticus #Management ... #Algorithm #Neurology ... #pharmacology #
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
to a preceding infection ... pathophysiology as ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Myasthenia Gravis Overview ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology