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FDA-Approved 1st line Medications for Tobacco Cessation Treatment

Nicotine patch, Nicotine lozenge, Nicotine gum, Nicotine inhaler, Nicotine
Tobacco #Cessation #Therapy ... #Comparison #Table ... #Agents #Dosing
Clinical findings and therapy for nerve agents VX and sarin.
#Management #Toxicology #NerveAgents #NerveGas #VX #Sarin #Algorithm
Clinical findings ... and therapy for ... nerve agents VX ... NerveGas #VX #Sarin #Algorithm
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Guide Osmotic agents ... water into bowel, thereby ... enema - Discomfort during ... pharmacology #table #agents ... #internship #comparison
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
Potassium-Binding ... Agents to Treat ... and sodium • Dosing ... aspiration #Potassium #Binding ... pharmacology #table #comparison
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Presentation: - Fever ... Tamponade EKG Findings ... cessation of inciting therapy ... precipitating agent
Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation - Table of Short and Long-Acting Agents:

Long Acting: Nicotine Patch, Buproprion, Varenicline
Short
and Long-Acting Agents ... Tobacco #Cessation #Therapy ... #Comparison #Table ... #Agents #Dosing
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Neutropenic fever ... : - Fever + ANC ... 24-48 h and ANC rising ... therapy - Symptoms ... differentiating agent
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Who Gets It? ... • The physical findings ... granulomatous nephritis, fevers ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... Fever, chills, lack
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
of antifungal agents ... penetration • Variable bioavailability ... hypokalemia, phlebitis, fever ... #antifungals #comparison
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... Itraconazole is the agent ... of choice; therapy ... Dimorphic, round, budding ... • Isolated fever