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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... abscess, Necrotizing Pneumonia ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... Autoimmunity: RA, GPA ... lesion #pulmonary #differential
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
Infection is a very ... any suspicion of infection ... gap greater than ... gap is variable ... Treatment with IV
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Community Acquired Pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Outpatient Treatment ... Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... Pseudo-cellulitis / "CAP ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Metabolic Acidosis with Anion Gap - KILU Mnemonic

K - Ketoacidosis
	• DKA
		- With normal glucose, ask if
Acidosis with Anion ... Gap - KILU Mnemonic ... Starvation I - Ingestions ... those, check osm gap ... Acidosis #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
identified, Strep pneumoniae ... Streptococcus Grp ... (Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Types of Anion Gap Acidosis - AGAPS KIL U - Mnemonic
Ketoacidosis: Alcoholic Ketoacidosis, Starvation Ketoacidosis, Starvation
Types of Anion Gap ... Starvation Ketoacidosis Ingestions ... AGAPSKILU #mnemonic #differential
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Papillomavirus Infections ... of mode of HIV infection ... Episode of HPV Infection ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Viral: Arbo, Adeno, Herpes, Entero, HIV
Fungal: Cryptococcus, Cocci, Histo,
Pleocytosis - Differential ... Mycobacteria (TB), M.pneumonia ... B.burgdoferi Non-infectious ... Leptomeningeal, Lymphoma, GPA ... #Pleocytosis #Differential