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Calcium Channel Blocker Conversion Table

Nifedipine versus amlodipine - Nifedipine XL used only as the short acting
Channel Blocker Conversion ... tachycardia #CCB #CalciumChannelBlocker ... #Conversion #Table
Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose Overview - Joshua Feblowitz, MD 

#Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #CCB #CalciumChannelBlocker #Overdose #Overview
Toxicology #CCB #CalciumChannelBlocker
Loop diuretic PO --> IV conversions 

Furosemide 40 mg PO = Furosemide 20 mg IV =
diuretic PO --> IV conversions ... Equivalent #Dose #Conversion
Management of acute beta blocker/calcium channel blocker overdose

#Management #Toxicology #BetaBlocker #CCB #CalciumChannelBlocker #Overdose #Toxicity #Algorithm
BetaBlocker #CCB #CalciumChannelBlocker
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Terminal T-wave Inversion ... Symmetric T-wave Inversion ... ecg #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Amlodipine - calcium channel blocker for the treatment of hypertension and CAD. 5th most prescribed drug
Amlodipine #Norvasc #CalciumChannelBlocker
Metoprolol and Carvedilol - Immediate to Extended Release Dose Conversions

Metoprolol 
Immediate (tartrate) -> Extended (succinate) 
25
Extended Release Dose Conversions ... ExtendedRelease #Dose #Conversion
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion ... Sign #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers 
Recommended Dose Conversions 

Valsartan 
Irbesartan 
Losartan 
Olmesartan 
Telmisartan 
Candesartan 
Azilsartan 
Eprosartan 

A few
Recommended Dose Conversions ... at-a-glance dose conversion ... Blockers #ARB #Conversion
Common IV to PO Drug Conversions
1) Metoprolol 1:2.5
2) Diltiazem Oral Dose(mg/day) = [ rate (mg/hr) x
IV to PO Drug Conversions ... #IVtoPO #Drug #Conversion