Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Gastrointestinal symptoms Acute ... Disseminated Infection ... Cutaneous - Neurologic ... Lyme Disease - Neurologic ... Disease #Stages #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Treatment of Migraine
Mild Attacks: NSAIDs, Simple Analgesics
Moderate/Severe Attacks: Triptans, Ditans, Gepants, Ergots
Non-pharmacologic Treatment: Neuromodulation, Rest,
Acute Treatment ... Gepants, Ergots Non-pharmacologic ... #Migraine #acute ... #treatment #management ... #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration
 β€’ Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 β€’ Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... disease - Post-infectious ... Urinary tract infection ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN (LMWH) DOSING RECOMMENDATIONS (Enoxaparin and Dalteparin):
 - VTE PROPHYLAXIS
 - VTE TREATMENT
PROPHYLAXIS - VTE TREATMENT ... - ACUTE CORONARY ... SYNDROME - BRIDGE ... #Prophylaxis #Pharmacology
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... #HepatoRenal #Syndrome ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Treatment
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 β€’ Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of Acute ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious ... β€’ Toxins β€’ Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Most invasive infections ... septated hyphae, acute ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... risk-stratification β€’ Risks: infection ... transformation to acute ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 β€’ Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... β€’ Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases