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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
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
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Papillomavirus Infections ... of mode of HIV infection ... consecutive Pap tests are ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... • In rare cases ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
patients who have treatment-resistant ... Most metabolites are ... known to cause rare ... #Toxicology #Toxicity ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) - Atypical Antipsychotics 
INVEGA TRINZA 3 MONTHS 
ARISTADA 2 MONTHS 
INVEGA 1 MONTH
SUSTENNA
antipsychotics, are ... used in the treatment ... (that's only 4 injections ... Pharmacists are ... Antipsychotics #Pharmacology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... the intensive care
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
duration same as for treatment ... treated patients are ... Disease Note: Treatment ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... distress syndrome) is rare ... failure - Infectious ... macrophages Treatment ... • Favorable in case
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
Systemic antifungals are ... for effective treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology