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Discharge Dispositions for Patients
Subacute Rehabilitation in Skilled Nursing Facilities 
Long-Term Care Facility or Nursing Home
Assisted Living
management #SNF #ALF
Medications for the Management of Anemia

TREATMENT OF ANEMIA
 - Cyanocobalamin/B12
 - Erythropoietin/epoetin alfa
 - Darbepoetin alfa
Erythropoietin/epoetin alfa ... - Darbepoetin alfa
Conversion - Epoetin alfa (Procrit®) to Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp™)

#Epoetin #Darbepoetin #Erythropoietin #Conversion #Table #ESAs #Procrit #Aranesp
Conversion - Epoetin alfa ... to Darbepoetin alfa
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
R-value: Serum (ALT ... /ULN ALT) / (Alk ... phos/ULN ALP) ... Liver Failure (ALF ... • AST/ALT > ALP
Anticoagulants Common Reversal Agents
 - Warfarin (Coumadin) → Vitamin K (Phytonadione), 4-factor PCC (Kcentra)
 - Heparin/LMWH
Xarelto) → Andexanet alfa
How to Dose Erythropoietin Stimulating Agents

Epoetin alfa (Epogen, Procrit) 
Epoetin alfa-epbx (Retacrit)
Darbepoeitin alfa (Aranesp)

#Erythropoietin #ESA #Dosing
Agents Epoetin alfa ... Procrit) Epoetin alfa-epbx ... Darbepoeitin alfa
Epoetin Alfa and Darbepoetin Alfa: Structural, Pharmacologic, and Pharmacokinetic Comparison
#Management #Pharmacology #Nephro #Epoetin #Darbepoetin #Comparison
Epoetin Alfa and ... Darbepoetin Alfa
Table 1. Estimated Darbepoetin alfa Starting Doses (mcg/week) for Patients With CKD on Dialysis Based on
Estimated Darbepoetin alfa ... Previous Epoetin alfa ... weekly epoetin alfa ... an darbepoetin alfa
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
kidney, brain ALT ... for the liver ALP ... Transaminase, ALP ... / ULN ALT) / (ALP ... / ULN ALP)
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
to liver than ALT ... • ALT: Specific ... • AST/ALT > ALP ... disease - If ALP ... hemolysis) • ALP