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Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic ... infections, also being ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Drug Clearance and Pharmacokinetics Considerations in ECMO

- Infographic by Dr. Catherine Beni @totalbodydolor 

#ECMO #Pharmacology #Drug
Catherine Beni @ ... totalbodydolor #ECMO #Pharmacology ... Pharmacokinetics #Antibiotics
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Differentiating Benign ... Neuritis-Labyrinthitis BENIGN ... ) • Epley maneuver ... saccade seen) • Epley ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Prostatic enlargement (benign ... NSAlDs, antibiotics ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Hyperkalemia • Direct renin ... Aliskiren) • Renin ... #differential #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #pharmacology
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
, venlafaxine Antibiotics ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology #
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
anticholinergics, amantadine, antibiotics ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #OTISCAMPBELL
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... NSAIDs, β-blockers, Antibiotics ... excretion ± Renin ... definitive guide to diagnosis ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... of infection, antibiotics ... gap is variable, being
Power of Antibiotics - Mortality before and after antibiotics
 • Community Pneumonia 35% → 10%
 •
Power of Antibiotics ... before and after antibiotics ... BradSpellberg #Antibiotics ... mortality #power #pharmacology ... #diagnosis