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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Typhoid fever - Bacterial ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... Severe Pneumocystis pneumonia ... • COVID-19 pneumonia ... #Steroids #Indications ... #treatment
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
Arterial pH <7.3 ... Infection is a very ... any suspicion of infection ... gap is variable ... Treatment with IV
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Pseudo-cellulitis / "CAP ... Bug: Atypical bacteria ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... thrombophlebitis), HAP
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
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... identified, Strep pneumoniae ... Streptococcus Grp ... (Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... and sputum cx (Bacterial
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection
LOPINAVIR / RITONAVIR
INTERFERON Beta-I
REMDESIVIR
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
TOCILIZUMAB

Piotr Okupski @PiotrOkupski - Original Infographic
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... of COVID-19 Infection ... smfarmhosp_smfh #Drugs #Medications ... #Treatment #COVID19 ... #Pharmacology #
SNRls (Serotonin/Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors) - FDA Approved Indications 

Venlafaxine (Effexor) - GAD, MDD, Panic Disorder, SAD
Venlafaxine (Effexor) - GAD ... Duloxetine (Cymbalta) - GAD ... clinics is for treatment ... ambcarerx #SNRls #Indications ... #Pharmacology #
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Enteric Infections ... against Pneumocystis pneumonia ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
with suspected bacterial ... suspected source of bacterial ... infection (ex. ... endocarditis, or pneumonia ... Protocol #Shapiro #Indications