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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... respiratory distress syndrome ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... • Weakness: mild ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... main variants: (1)
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... panel) • Alpha 1 ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... -1 and IL-6, leading ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) ... Clinical features ... seen in only in 1/ ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... immunocompromised, IBD ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... erysipelas with no focus ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO syndrome is ... Rheumatic pain Clinical ... Diagnosis: • A clinical ... and lower jaw Treatment ... -1 inhibitors, IL
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... can vary from mild ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
12 weeks): • Mild ... • Severe: Only 1% ... • Treatment: ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases