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Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Cards - Inpatient Bowel ... Guide Osmotic agents ... enema - Discomfort during ... pharmacology #table #agents ... #internship #comparison
Phosphate binders - quick reference chart of maximum daily dose. Most patients with CKD will require
require phosphate binding ... agents since they ... be adjusted to lower ... Hyperphosphatemia #Dose #Dosing
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
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
may radiate into lower ... Bending, sneezing ... bowel movements ... #Lower #BackPain ... Patterns #Features #Comparison
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
injury - Loss of bowel ... spasticity • Lower ... below lesion) • Bowel ... Upper extremity, lower ... differential #algorithm
Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Serotonin Syndrome
 - Serotonin syndrome is thought to be caused by
Algorithm for the ... - Clinical findings ... prominent in the lower ... the offending agent ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Algorithm
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... illness (upper and lower ... Malabsorption: • Small Bowel ... Disease • Protein-losing ... Inflammatory Bowel
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
24-48 h and ANC rising ... compression: - Lower-extremity ... urinary retention, bowel ... 100 000 (can be lower ... differentiating agent
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
and laboratory findings ... small and large bowel ... pancreatitis, protein-losing ... (hypertension, lower
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm
STEP 1 Perform a comprehensive history and complete physical examination.
STEP
FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm ... imaging of the lower ... based upon any new findings ... anti-inflammatory agents ... FUO #Diagnosis #Algorithm