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Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
Symptoms of GHB toxicity ... - Symptoms of CNS ... CNS depression will ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pharmacology
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
- Most comrnon CNS ... • Seizure Management ... pyrimethamine-induced hematologic toxicity ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis ... #Overview #Management
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis ... and Management ... lipid-soluble, Toxicity ... presentation Acute: CNS ... Chronic: dRTA, CNS
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Acute Radiation Toxicity ... Hours Cardio/CNS ... Circuatory collapse, CNS ... Radiation #Injury #Toxicity ... #diagnosis #management
Lithium Toxicity
- Lithium neurotoxicity does not correlate with serum lithium levels; it depends on the concentration
Lithium Toxicity ... concentration in the CNS ... acute on chronic toxicity ... is important in management ... #Diagnosis #Management
Antiobesity Drugs and Their Effects
Orlistat
 • GI Lipase inhibitor
 • Reduces lipid absorption
 • Toxicity: Decreased
absorption • Toxicity ... incontinence • Toxicity ... Norepinephrine release in CNS ... #medications #pharmacology ... #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Myelitis Diagnosis ... #Myelitis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of a previously diagnosed ... No specific diagnostic ... pleural effusions, CNS ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity ... #Management