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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
HAP and VAP - Diagnosis ... ://twitter.com/foamid ... Acquired #Community #Diagnosis ... Management #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
anti-parasitic agent making ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #CriticalCare #
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Hantavirus Rate Urine ... Ann Marie Kumfer ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lone Star Tick Diseases

Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis
Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
Heartland Virus

Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer @AnnKumfer

#LoneStar
Ann Marie Kumfer ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
- Checklist Urine ... believed that urine ... Urine eosinophils ... performance for diagnosing ... AcuteKidneyInjury #Nephrology #CriticalCare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... status and low urine ... than sensitive making ... treatment #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
against “Ab”Normal Saline ... infuse Normal Saline ... Normal saline has ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Shed in the urine ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
odour, flash, flame ... airway with 0.9% saline ... fire with 0.9% saline ... or saline soaked ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... Interventions - Cold Saline ... Massive #Hemoptysis #Diagnosis ... workup #pulmonary #criticalcare