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Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic ... Periventricular White Matter ... Patterns #Toxicology #Metabolic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Radiology
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and Signs ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... Wilson's disease • Metabolic ... , Malnutrition Signs ... Deficiency #diagnosis #signs
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
insuffcient to meet the metabolic ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
HIV Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetic Boosters - Ritonavir & Cobicistat 

Ritonavir & Cobicistat are 2 pharmacokinetic boosters used
boosters used in HIV treatment ... they lower the metabolism ... HIV #Boosters #Pharmacology
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
patients who have treatment-resistant ... following first-pass metabolism ... - Metabolism - ... Toxicity #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
significant anion gap metabolic ... Common, early signs ... production, the rate of metabolism ... Treatment with IV
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Low voltage Treatment ... inhibitor, anti-metabolite ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
Metabolic inhibitors ... antibiotics target the metabolic ... Imagine treatments ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
considered 2nd line treatment ... body • Cardio-metabolic ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
DWI • White matter ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... Imaging: White matter ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment