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Want to remember what drugs prolong the QT interval? Remember COLLAPSE - Kitty Canavan @KathrynCanavan1
#Diagnosis #Peds
Prolongation #Prolonged #Increased ... #DFTB
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
, TIBC increased ... Ferritin normal/increased ... Ferritin normal/increased ... stippling, +/- increased ... HgbA2, Increased
Conceptual Relationship between Volume Responsiveness and Volume Tolerance

Assessing for volume responsiveness would only tell you that
there would be an increase ... "Left Shift" (Decreased ... tolerance): -increased ... glycocalyx damage -decreased ... oncotic pressure -decreased
Major Physiological Effects of Angiotensin II

Altered Peripheral Resistance
I. Direct vasoconstriction
II. Enhancement of peripheral noradrenergic
neurotransmission:
  A.
Increased NE release ... Increased vascular ... Increased sympathetic ... Direct effect to increase ... Increased renal
NSAID Selectivity Spectrum
COX-2 Selective NSAID - Celecoxib
 • Increased risk for CV events
 • Decreased risk
- Celecoxib • Increased ... nabumetone, sulindac • Increased ... in patients at increased ... for CV events • Increased ... at low doses • Increased
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Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
combination of: Decreased ... Iron, Ferritin, Increased ... Infiltration Increased ... Destruction - Increased ... Reticulocytes, Increased
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Diagnosis Algorithm Decreased ... WBCs - Decreased ... Infiltration - Increased ... Chronic) Normal/lncreased
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Diagnosis Algorithm Increased ... Loss - Increased ... GI Loss - Increased ... Urinary Loss Decreased ... Alkalemia - Increased
Differential Diagnosis of Thrombocytopenia by Categories:
- Decreased Production
- Increased Destruction
- Redistribution

#Diagnosis #Thrombocytopenia #Differential #Algorithm #Causes #Ddxof
Categories: - Decreased ... Production - Increased
Adverse Effects of NSAIDs
Prostaglandins decreased
 - Gastric mucosal damage with ulcer formation, bleeding, and perforation
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Prostaglandins decreased ... - Nephropathy, decreased ... and H2O, edemas, increased ... Leukotrienes increased