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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
diseases - Severe ... respiratory distress syndrome ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
38°C with only 1 ... • Behcet's syndrome ... fever • Hyper-IgD ... syndrome • Tumor ... receptor-associated periodic syndrome
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Affects 1:25,000 ... and 1:50,000 patients ... and M panel Management ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Interstitial Lung Disease ... this should be 1° ... intersitial space Infection ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... enzymes ↑ • Mild ... ART to slow HIV disease
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... - Diagnosis: 1. ... Patients with liver disease ... Classification - Stages: • Mild ... #diagnosis #management
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
eosinophilia) • Infectious ... Viral (HIV, HTLV-1) ... AI: EGPA, IgG-4 disease ... , Behcet disease ... IBD Stanford Internal
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Stage Treatment
Stage 1. Localized
 • Doxycycline, amoxicillin, cefuroxime x 10-14d
Stage 2.
Lyme Disease: Early ... Treatment Stage 1. ... x 14-28d Late Infection ... Washington University ID ... #treatment #management
Anti-IL6 Agents (Tocilizumab, Siltuximab) in COVID19

IL-6 activates T cells and macrophages, among other cell types (see
Anti-IL6 Agents ... Cytokine Activation Syndrome ... respiratory tract infection ... Siltuximab #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Management #Medications
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
days) Exclude: 1. ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Parasitic infections ... Systemic disease ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management