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Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Outpatient Treatment ... Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... #Regimen #Management ... #Guidelines #pharmacology
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... 3) Labs show anion-gap ... metabolic acidosis ... , Shock Labs: Anion-Gap ... #management #Treatment
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... of infection, antibiotics ... gap metabolic acidosis ... Treatment with IV ... acidosis has resolved
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis ... and Management ... • Late: normal anion ... gap acidosis, ↓ ... #Management #Treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
lactulose producing gas ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... data • Early treatment ... #management
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
are balanced by anions ... Metabolic Acidosis ... #criticalcare #management ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pharmacology #
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Usual interstitial pneumonia ... renal tubular acidosis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... #Management