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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #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
Linezolid (Zyvox) (PO and IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Oxazolidinone class –unique ribosomal inhibitor (acts on
Antibiotics Class Overview ... skin/soft titssue infections ... , HAP/HCAP/VAP with ... #Pharmacology ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
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
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Antibiotics Class Overview ... intraabdominal infections ... sometimes for pneumonia ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Brief Overview of Treatment Agents for COVID-19 - Version 2.01 4/11/2020

#Drugs #Medications #Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology #Table
Brief Overview of ... Treatment Agents ... 2020 #Drugs #Medications ... #Treatment #COVID19 ... #Pharmacology #
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
Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Antibiotics Class Overview ... gram negative infections ... is suspected (pneumonia ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... Overview: • Idiopathic ... of organizing pneumonia ... COP DDX: • CAP ... Treatment: •
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Antibiotics Class Overview ... severe fungal infections ... Severe cryptococcal pneumonia ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview