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Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... for first line antibiotics ... ) guidance • Acute ... Gastroenteritis 5-7 days #Antibiotics ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... days) Are the following ... hospitalization or antibiotics ... Consider empiric antibiotic ... Hospitalization required #Acute
Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Difficile - Antibiotics ... WBC <15 k, no acute ... (WBC >15k, or acute ... Fidaxomicin (PO) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
common causes of acute ... #microbiology #differential ... #diagnosis #antibiotics
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnostic ... Giardia) • Drugs (Antibiotics ... Crohn's Colitis #Acute ... #Diarrhea #Differential
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Acute Abdominal ... Location Based Differential ... who have taken antibiotics ... #Acute #Abdominal ... Pain #Location #Differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... NSAlDs, antibiotics ... #AKI #causes #Acute ... #KidneyInjury #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Infectious: • Acute ... Rebound effect following ... Rebound effect following ... Thrombocytosis #Differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... culture 3) Empiric antibiotics ... : Medications, Acute ... #Diarrhea #Differential
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Acute Esophageal ... EGD and Biopsy Differential ... Surgery consults +/- antibiotics ... Braghirol @KBrag_MD #Acute