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Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
penetrate the CNS ... motility • Reverses CNS ... antidepressants • Reverses CNS ... penetrate the CNS ... Cholinergic #Agonists #Pharmacology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV-Associated CNS ... treatment is generally ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
published looking at CNS ... treat susceptible CNS ... of CNS infections ... #Penetration #CNS ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... thickening can cause ... Neurosyphilis • CNS ... pachymeningitis • CNS ... lumbar puncture or surgery
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
urine, sweat) - its ... presentations and disease ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... regional ischemia, surgery ... before beginning treatment
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antimalarial & DMARD (disease ... prophylaxis and treatment ... has a number of CNS ... It also can cause ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... and panic attack-type ... of anesthesia, surgery ... glucose, apparent type ... disease: Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... Related to the type ... pleural effusions, CNS ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... unintentional weight loss, nausea