Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification Prerenal: • Dehydration • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... disease - Post-infectious ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... Urinary tract infection
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious ... • Toxins • Infection ... Koratala @NephroP #AKI
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework Pre-Renal: • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
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
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Insufficiency #AI ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis Increased extracellular K+: • Tissue injury • Hemolysis • Rhabdomyolysis •
• Tumor lysis syndrome ... transfusion • Error of injection ... Elimination: • AKI ... blockers - MCW Nephrology
Hantavirus Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir Transmission: • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
• Treatment includes ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #management #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... • Inflammatory/AI ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
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