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Recommended Vaccinations for Asplenic Patients - Before and After Splenectomy

#Management #Asplenic #Asplenia #Vaccinations #PrimaryCare #Vaccines #Splenectomy
Recommended Vaccinations ... for Asplenic Patients ... Splenectomy #Management ... #Asplenic #Asplenia ... #Vaccinations #
Asplenia Management
 • Key Pathogens: H. influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis, Capnocytophaga spp, Malaria, Babesia
 •
Asplenia Management ... Malaria, Babesia • Vaccinations ... febrilepodcast #asplenic ... #Asplenia #Management ... #infections #vaccinations
Important Vaccinations for Asplenic Patients - Organisms and Vaccines
 • S.pneumoniae - PCV13 → PPSV23 (8
Important Vaccinations ... for Asplenic Patients ... #Vaccines #Asplenic ... #asplenia #Patients ... #management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Asplenia (greatest ... Treatment: • 50% ... Prophylaxis (Dog bite in asplenic ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Asplenia + Infection - Recommendations for Patients with Asplenia
 • Emphasize and teach about the increased
Asplenia + Infection ... Patients with Asplenia ... febrilepodcast] #Asplenia ... #Information #Vaccinations ... #Counseling #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Zika virus - Vaccination ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
positive in 90% of IE cases ... emboli: Cerebral > Splenic ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Acute Babesiosis Management
Mild/Moderate Disease Severity
 • Symptoms: Fevers, fatigue, malaise. Headache, nausea. Chills, dyspnea, neck stiffness
Acute Babesiosis Management ... Headache, nausea ... Burden: <4% • Treatment ... ARE DIC, shock, splenic ... #Babesiosis #Management
Beaver Tail Liver - Enlarged Left Lobe of the Liver on POCUS
LUQ trauma case.  Rollover
of the Liver on POCUS ... LUQ trauma case ... Subcapsular hematoma/splenic ... confuse this will a splenic ... Enlarged #LeftLobe #POCUS
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... US and updated treatment ... 31 • First US case ... unilateral* • POCUS ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management