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
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 β€’ Mixed infections
 β€’ Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... Necrotizing Infections ... fasciitis #Skin #IDSA #Treatment ... #management #antibiotics ... #pharmacology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 β€’ Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... : β€’ Antibiotic: ... β€’ Secondary to Treatment
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
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 β€’ Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 β€’ Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics ... Chemotherapy β€’ Infectious ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 β€’ Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious ... NSAlDs, antibiotics ... β€’ Toxins β€’ Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
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
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Consider prior antibiotics ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 β€’
Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... can mimic common infections ... β€’ Bicytopenia Treatment ... : β€’ Infection ... rapidly, and empiric antibiotic