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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ... Mechanisms and Side Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Limb apraxia Occipital ... Visual field defects ... Visuospatial defects ... Localization #Symptoms #Signs ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors ... Mechanisms and Side Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Signs of anemia ... Extrinsic RBC Defects ... Intrinsic RBC Defects ... : Membrane defects
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
NSAIDs, calcineurin inhibitors ... anticholinergic effects ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Proton-pump inhibitors ... Renal Loses - Medications ... - Genetic defects ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Anaemia, neural tube defects ... Vitamins #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
m/s • Other signs ... for definitive diagnosis ... Diagnostic criteria ... Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors ... the vasodilatory effects
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... - Differential Diagnosis ... reflects conditions ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #cardiology #differential
Drug-Induced Hypertension - Common Medications 

Corticosteroids (prednisone) 
Sympathomimetics (amphetamine, pseudoephedrine)
SNRl's (duloxetine, venlafaxine) 
Calcineurin Inhibitors (tacrolimus, cyclosporine)
Hypertension - Common Medications ... Calcineurin Inhibitors ... to know these effects ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis