10 results
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... Medications Aging ... inflammation #BPH #Benign ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #Urology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Benign Prostatic ... Hematuria, Urinary retention ... stones #BPH #Benign ... #Urology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) 
5 Alpha-Reductase inhibitors
 • Flnasterlde and dutasterlde act by reducing
Therapy for Benign ... Prostatic Hyperplasia ... acute urinary retention ... #Benign #Prostatic ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) 

Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) can have 
severe neurologic sequelae. Early diagnosis is
If diagnosis and ... In addition to preventing ... effective in stroke-prevention ... #Imaging #Indications ... #emergency #Neurology
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
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... hyperreactivity • Urologic ... nocturnal enuresis • Prevention ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Table
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... with hypertension being ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... #management #neurology
Drug-Induced Urinary Retention

Drug-induced urinary retention is very common and can be caused by many classes of
is very common and ... many classes of medication ... to concurrent prostate ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology
Aimovig (Erenumab)
Mechanism: Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide Receptor Antagonist 
Indication: Preventive Treatment of Migraines:
Dosing: 70 mg SQ monthly,
Indication: Preventive ... primary side effects being ... reaction (expected) and ... Erenumab #Migraine #Neurology ... #Pharmacology #
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
seizures by how they begin ... choice of seizure medication ... surgery, outlook, and ... part of the brain and ... #Diagnosis #Neurology