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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
RRT leader • Ask ... Orders placed, treatments ... Wrap up RRT: • Final ... Response #Team #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... Microbiology: • ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... week to assess ocular ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... routine O&P • Clinical ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... this morphology Treatment ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... Clinical DX: - ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... • Treatment: ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... Symmetric macular ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... ulcerated • MSK ... stages #diagnosis #management