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Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
duration), Several medications ... /HDS treatments ... Hepatocellular: Viral infections ... dechallenge • Acute ... hepatitis #DILI #DrugInduced
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
therapies in critical care ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Acute dystonia ... reduction; change medication ... months or years of treatment ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... (common causes are ... asthma, allergy, drug ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology
Drug Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
> 100 drugs have been associated with drug-induced SLE
High risk (>5%):
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for 1 year of treatment ... Lupusreference #DrugInduced ... Erythematosus #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
autoimmune conditions, medications ... children with acute ... multiforme • Acute ... idiopathic, and medications ... malignancies, and drugs
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Thrombosis, ↓ Severe infection ... recommended with other medications ... - Cuteanous: acute ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... - Drug induced ... gastrointestinal infection ... Treatment: - Systemic
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
Cytomegalovirus Infections ... ., concomitant medications ... intraocular levels of drug ... concentrations are ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... comorbidities/drug ... gout • Oral drug ... #rheumatology