Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... diseases - Severe ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #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 ... - Post-infectious ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Urinary tract infection
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions: • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100) • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment Ulcers: • Treatment: Topical steroids • Prevention: Colchicine • Azathioprine for refractory disease Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... - Treatment Ulcers ... : • Treatment: ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Due to systemic disease ... Post-infectious
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection ** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
of COVID-19 Infection ... Even with macular disease ... highlighted circle= clinical ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... Syphilis, Lyme disease ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Korsakoff Syndrome Clinical Findings: • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... Clinical Findings ... initial phase of the disease ... Encephalopathy Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: •
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group < 5%
Non-HCV infectious ... vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes ... cryoglobulinemia vasculitis Clinical ... neuropathy Treatment ... with refractory disease
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