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Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that is a phencyclidine derivative and provides sedation, analgesia, and amnesia.
phencyclidine derivative ... Peak #Duration #Advantages
Some H1 antihistaminic Drugs in Clinical Use
1st Generation Antihistamines:
Ethanolamjnes - Carbinoxamine (Clistin), Dimenhydrinate (salt of diphenhydramine)(Dramamine),
etc) Piperazjne derivatives ... Phenothiazine derivative
Germ Cell Layers and Derivatives
Ectoderm
 • Neural Crest
 • Neural Tube
 • Surface Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm

Sarah Lyon @sarahthelyon

#Germ
Cell Layers and Derivatives ... Layers #embryology #Derivatives
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
(Hotter): • Advantages ... Recorder: • Advantages ... Patch Monitor: • Advantages ... Recorder: • Advantages ... Commercial Devices: • Advantages
Medicare Cheat Sheet: Original Medicare & Medicare Advantage
Part A:
 • INPATIENT Hospital (NOT ER or Observation)
Medicare & Medicare Advantage ... AKA "Medicare Advantage ... Medicare #Original #Advantage
Comparison of Commonly Used Antipsychotics: Haloperidol (Haldol), Quetiapine (Seroquel), Olanzapine (Zyprexa) 

Route,
Half-life, 
Major advantages, 
Disadvantages, 
Effect
Half-life, Major advantages
Heparin - Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) vs Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMWH)
UFH:
 • Advantages: 
    -
(LMWH) UFH: • Advantages ... thrombocytopenia LMWH: • Advantages
Orthopedic Dressing Materials
1. Opsite - semi-permeable-thin, adhesive transparent polyurethrane film 
 • Indications: Superficial wounds as
exudative wounds • Advantages ... : Allergy • Advantages ... hard eschar • Advantages ... thickness wound • Advantages ... draining wound • Advantages
Drugs that Cause Fever
Most commonly:
Amphotericin B, Antihistamines, Asparaginase, Barbiturates, Bleomycin sulfate, Methyldopa, Penicillins, Phenytoin sodium, Procainamide,
Cimetidine, Cocaine derivatives
Sulfonylureas - Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action: Binds to the ATP-sensitive potassium channel in pancreatic beta cells,
Glynase) Major Advantages