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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #treatment #pulmonary
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
Management of interstitial ... lung disease (ILD ... mmHg) over the 12 ... systemicsclerosis #SSc #pulmonary ... #treatment #algorithm
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other processes Workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Acute Pouchitis - Management Algorithm
Ciprofloxacin 500 mg/12 h or metronidazole 20 mg/kg/d x 2 weeks
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Acute Pouchitis - Management ... Algorithm Ciprofloxacin ... 500 mg/12 h or ... #Algorithm #treatment ... #IBD #gastroenterology
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... IV's, Consider IL ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #criticalcare #treatment ... #workup
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
or excavation work ... meninges and spinal cord ... - Mild pulmonary ... disease: no treatment ... #summary #fungal
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
full infectious work-up ... > 4 days → add fungal ... work-up + empiric ... replacement Cord ... renal failure, pulmonary
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... : • Mild-moderate ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management