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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... the best empiric treatment ... AAST 2021 global clinical ... infectiousdiseases #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... and Treatment ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome #Causes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Treatment
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Platelet Disorders - Differential ... menstrual - Recent procedures ... - Infection exposure ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... before invasive procedure ... Although nonhepatic causes ... This differential ... mycobacterial infections
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... , tachycardia, nausea ... , warmth along injection ... - Urapidil - Nausea ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #HTN #Pharmacology
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Pregnancy, EPO treatment ... Pylori • Hookworm infection ... Iron #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Fistula • Post-procedural ... Hematuria: • Infection ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
• Drug Fever CLINICAL ... the most likely infection ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential ... #causes
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... wheezing - with viral infections ... respiratory infection ... disorder - Other causes ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential