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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
• Salicylates Metabolic ... PLACE” B - Bartter's ... or Cushing’s) Metabolic ... non anion gap metabolic ... - anion gap metabolic
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Medications for ... Bicarb diuresis & metabolic ... Altitude #Sickness #Medications ... #Management #Treatment
Tranexamic Acid - Indications and Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics:
 • MOA: Inhibits plasminogen activation to plasmin & inhibits fibrinolysis
Tranexamic Acid - Indications ... and Pharmacology ... angioedema) • Metabolism ... amount of hepatic metabolism ... #Pharmacology #
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Precipitants and Pharmacology ... Lithium ↓ Serotonin Metabolism ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Pharmacology ... #medications #causes
Allopurinol and its active metabolite inhibit xanthine oxidase, the enzyme that converts hypoxanthine to xanthine and
and its active metabolite ... #pharmacology #overview ... #sideeffects #medications
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Excessive vomiting - Metabolic ... - Diuresis - Bartter ... - Gitelman SIGNS ... increase may cause metabolic ... decrease may cause metabolic
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and Signs ... Cystic fibrosis • Medications ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... Wilson's disease • Metabolic ... , Malnutrition Signs
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used ... insuffcient to meet the metabolic ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #Medications #Action
Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
patients with a metabolic ... #Crystalloids #pharmacology ... #indications #comparison
Protease Inhibitors 

Protease Inhibitors are a class of commonly used antiretroviral medications for management of HIV.
antiretroviral medications ... carry a lot of metabolic ... Inhibitors #HIV #Pharmacology