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Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
Perioperative Management ... Antirheumatic Medication ... Elective Total Hip ... #rheumatology #medications ... #pharmacology #table
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
hepatitis C virus (HCV ... DAAs #Antivirals #table ... #treatment #hcv ... #medications #infectiousdisease ... HepC #HepatitisC #Management
HIV Antiretroviral Regimen Components 
Dual NRTI Backbone + Third Agent 

The general HIV antiretroviral medication regimen
HIV Antiretroviral ... The general HIV ... now 10 single-tablet ... product is just 1 tablet ... #Pharmacology #Management
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... family history - Medications ... peripheral blood smear, HIV ... Diagnosis #Causes #Workup
Oral anti-hypertensives with relative fast onset of action (Hypertensive Emergency)

The key concern with oral antihypertensive agents
you're up-titrating medications ... allow one dose of medication ... weaning of the IV ... Hypertensive #Emergency #Management ... #Pharmacology #Table
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... deficiency, CVID+++, HIV ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis #management ... #Differential # ... workup #algorithm
Drug Treatment of Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions
First-Line Therapy 
 - Epinephrine 
 - Oxygen 
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- Oxygen - IV ... #Anaphylaxis #Management ... #Pharmacology #Table ... #Medications #Allergy
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
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
Diagnosis and workup ... hydrocephalus, HIV ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Workup
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