Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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diagnosis hematology management cdifficile clostridium eosinophilia adjunct adverse aeds algorithm anemia antibiotic antimicrobials antipseudomonal antipseudomonas antiseizure association capsulatum cdiff chalazion
Clostridium Dificile Risk by Antibiotic Class Pooled and study-specific risk estimates of community-associated CDI risk by antibiotic
Dificile Risk by Antibiotic ... #CDifficile #Infection ... #Pharmacology # ... #Clostridium #Table ... #Comparison #OddsRatio
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... #Failure #Differential
Hordeolum vs Chalazion Hordeolum (Stye): • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle •
eyelash follicle • Cause ... : Bacterial infection ... Warm compresses, antibiotic ... Stye #Chalazion #Comparison ... #Table
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Often hard to differentiate ... and first-line treatment ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes Intravascular Hemolysis: • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Extravascular Causes ... Drugs (Beta lactam antibiotics ... Extravascular #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #hematology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS FOR TESTING: • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
for secondary causes ... drug reaction, infection ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Erythemas Summarized Erythema ab igne • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
potential inciting causes ... Haverhill fever caused ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 7. Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile
CDiff Guidelines - Table ... Potential Treatment ... Clostridium difficile infection ... Episode #Pharmacology ... IDSA2017 #Adjunct #Antibiotics
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
, CNS, skin • Infectious ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions TRALI: • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... : 33% • Treatment ... : No • Treatment ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
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