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Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
Alternatives to ... opioids for pain management ... indication #Management ... PainSyndromes #Indications ... #Pathways #Table
Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
Beers List of Medications ... List includes 48 medications ... risk when safer alternatives ... be avoided.11 TABLE ... #Geriatrics #Medications
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes #Workup
Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Nonpharmacologic Interventions (pediatric and adult)
Physical (Sensory) Interventions
 - Comfort
Assessment and Management ... Interventions (pediatric ... techniques (breathing, meditation ... therapeutic language #Management ... Interventions #Table
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... Adjust IS medications ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Medications 7. ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Taken from Dr Motov's work on a CERTA regime.
This is published in conjunction with the CERTA
from Dr Motov's work ... analgesia by using medication ... @Gas_Craic #Management ... NonOpioid #Opiate #Alternatives ... PainSyndromes #Pathways #Table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... with previously stable ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #causes #Differential
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Fibrillation RVR - Medications ... to 6-8 hours to work ... Fibrillation #AFib #RVR #Medications ... #management #treatment ... #comparison #table
HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) - Truvada 

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is available in the form of
single once-daily tablet ... & side effect management ... Adherence to the daily medication ... PrEP actually works ... Truvada #Monitoring #Management