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Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
individuals or during ... casts are seen in acute ... Urinary tract infections ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Adult Vancomycin Guidelines
The information below provides general dosing guidelines for vancomycin. A maintenance regimen of 15-20
provides general dosing ... is the accepted dosing ... reference source and nephrology ... nephrotoxicity and acute ... #Management #Pharmacology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Sensitivity ETOH Infection ... Substance Withdrawal Infection ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute ... primary #secondary #management ... #neurology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Summary Acute ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... Acute myocarditis ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... jejuni • Other infections ... #neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
Treating Mild Infections ... Bone or Joint Infections ... Non-Meningeal Infection ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... response preceding infection ... variants: (1) acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... weeks incubation Acute ... Tests - check Acute
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology