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Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification
Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic) - Na+ Channel Blockade
 • Slows depolarization
- Na+ Channel Blockade ... Beta Receptor Blockade ... III - K+ Channel Blockade ... - Ca2+ Channel Blockade ... Classification #Classes
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
neuromuscular blockade ... neuromuscular #blockade ... Anesthesiology #Causes
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Functional bowel "blockage ... Obstruction: Physical blockage ... percussion • Nausea
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Consider potential causes ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... neuromuscular blockade ... Consider potential causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
Rouleaux Flow on POCUS ... significantly, it causes ... echogenic as in this case ... for underlying cause ... Jugular #IJ #Vein #POCUS
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
#clinical #management ... monitoring-neuromuscular-blockade
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
urinalysis, labs - Management ... or pigmented casts ... renal biopsy - Management ... treating underlying cause ... ultrasonography - Manaqement
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Diagnosis and Management ... malignant, pediatric cases ... beta-adrenergic blockade ... beta-adrenergic blockade ... alpha-adrenergic blockade
POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare #POCUS
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification:
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel Blockers:
 • MOA: Block fast Na+ channels
CLASS 1A: Moderate Blockade ... CLASS 1B: Weak Blockade ... CLASS 1C: Strong Blockade ... Classification #Classes