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Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
unnecessarily high ... be avoided.11 TABLE ... including only high-severity ... #Geriatrics #Medications ... #Beers #List #Pharmacology
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
each selected medication ... Anticholinergic medications ... Cognitive #Burden #Geriatrics ... Deprescribing #Medications ... #List #Pharmacology
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
on the kidney (Table ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Geriatrics #Hyponatremia ... #Medications #DrugInduced ... #List #Differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... • Clenching of fist ... phlebotomy High ... Medications 2. ... #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... • Clenching of fist ... phlebotomy High ... Medications 2. ... #nephrology
Taken from Dr Motov's work on a CERTA regime.
This is published in conjunction with the CERTA
analgesia by using medication ... than just opioid medications ... NOT a definitive list ... #Management #Pharmacology ... PainSyndromes #Pathways #Table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... ASA class If high ... Stable patients ... no echo in the last ... of Surgery: • High
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
intrinsic activity, high ... ceiling effect is lost ... margin of safety in pharmacology ... the sublingual tablet ... #Pharmacology #
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Inhibitors of Na+K+2Cl ... Loop Diuretics; High-Ceiling ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Table
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
and need help in high ... heavy housework, medications ... need help with all ... so, they seem stable ... and not at high