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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Anticonvulsants as ... Allergic reaction -> Benign ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology
Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Restraint - Shows excessive restraint in intimate
Personality Disorder (AVPD ... being ridiculed ... are certain of being ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria
Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) 

Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) can have 
severe neurologic sequelae. Early diagnosis is
is crucial, as ... If diagnosis and ... In addition to preventing ... effective in stroke-prevention ... #Imaging #Indications
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... Medications Aging ... Pathophysiology #Medications ... #Pharmacology # ... Urology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
generally defined as ... Treatment includes prevention ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Muscarinic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists 
Muscarinic Receptor Agonists
Methacholine
 • Diagnosis of bronchial airway
Carbachol
 • Glaucorna (topical
Receptor Agonists and ... Methacholine • Diagnosis ... neurogenic) • Urinary retention ... #Antagonists #Medications ... #Pharmacology #
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... family history - Medications ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... /psychiatric changes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... nocturnal enuresis • Prevention ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Table
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Can begin in arms ... bradycardia, urinary retention ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Benign Prostatic ... Hematuria, Urinary retention ... stones #BPH #Benign ... Pathophysiology #Urology ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis