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COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
COVID-19 review… ... most effective treatments ... #CoronaVirus #Treatment ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
virus causing COVID ... ivermectin… #COVID19 ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine ... #Pharmacology #Treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... : 1. ... oxidative iniury Treatment ... per day until stable ... Summary #causes #treatment
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
Influenza virus 1 ... Parvovirus > 1 ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #table ... contagiousness #COVID19
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... like illnesses, COVID ... main variants: (1) ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... : 1. ... antibiotics once stable ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... shows a small, stable
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... clinical forms: 1) ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
titer greater than 1: ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... stable patients ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases