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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
therapies in critical care ... steroids to treat infectious ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Neurosurgery - Trauma ... - Infiltrative disorders ... Malignancy - CNS infections ... - Various rare ... genetic disorders
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Myelofibrosis Infectious ... • Rheumatic disorders ... Post-op surgery • Trauma ... effect following treatment
Sexually Transmitted Infections - Common Outpatient Treatments 
Chlamydia 
 - Azithromycin 1 g PO once
Sexually Transmitted Infections ... Common Outpatient Treatments ... of ambulatory care ... working in amb care ... #Management #Pharmacology
Neuromodulators for Disorders of Gut Brain Interactions (DGBIs)
SSRIs - When anxiety, depression, and phobic features are
Neuromodulators for Disorders ... phobic features are ... TCAs - First-line treatment ... sleep SNRls - Treatment ... Neuromodulators #DGBIs #IBS #pharmacology
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
vascular integrity (trauma ... , infection, vasculitis ... ) or disorders of ... 1) If lesions are ... manifestations are
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
• Mechanical Trauma ... lymphoproliferative disorders ... Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection ... lactam antibiotics are ... spherocytosis) • Infections
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Eosinophil Disorders ... (common causes are ... drug reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection ... glucocorticoid treatment
SNRls (Serotonin/Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors) - FDA Approved Indications 

Venlafaxine (Effexor) - GAD, MDD, Panic Disorder, SAD
GAD, MDD, Panic Disorder ... MDD There are ... major depressive disorder ... clinics is for treatment ... #Indications #Pharmacology
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... of Alcohol Use Disorder ... for naltrexone are ... UseDisorder #Management #Treatment ... #Medications #Pharmacology