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Hypermagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism
Renal Failure 
Excessive Mg Administration 
 - Massive PO intake
- Magnesium citrate ... High #Magnesium #Table
Drugs Used in Coronary Artery Disease 
 • Nitrates
 • Ca2+ Channel Blockers
 • Beta-Blockers
 •
Artery Disease • Nitrates ... #pharmacology #table
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
microfilariae that migrate ... mosquito's midgut, and migrate ... L3 larvae 8) Migrate ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle ... filariform larvae migrate ... larvae hatch and migrate ... (or skin) and migrate ... #stercoralis #LifeCycle
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
in the gut and migrate ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... filariform larvae migrate ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
PO, Magnesium citrate ... #pharmacology #table
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
fly's midgut, and migrate ... L3 larvae 8) Migrate ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
blackfly's midgut and migrate ... L3 larvae 9) Migrate ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
from the field Table ... EBM #Diagnosis #POCUS