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Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
Anticholinergic medications ... may increase the risk ... increase in the risk ... Deprescribing #Medications ... #List #Pharmacology
Comparison of anti-diabetic or anti-hyperglycemic agents

There are numerous anti-hyperglycemic agents available to manage Type 2 diabetes.
Each class of medications ... own benefits and risks ... the hypoglycemia risk ... #pharmacology #pharmacotherapy ... #table #comparison
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
risk • St. ... increased bleed risk ... risk • Ginseng ... of statins and risk ... #DDI #table #cardiology
Tranexamic Acid - Indications and Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics:
 • MOA: Inhibits plasminogen activation to plasmin & inhibits fibrinolysis
Tranexamic Acid - Indications ... and Pharmacology ... Hemoptysis, GI Bleeding ... fatigue; Increases risk ... #Pharmacology #
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - Indications ... illness (diarrhea leading ... hospitalization) • High risk ... Stool #Cultures #Indications ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
depending on treatment indication ... to an increased risk ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
per treatment table ... risk ✔ Procedures ... risk may not require ... Therapy • Low Bleed-Risk ... • High Bleed-Risk
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... any modifiable risk ... perioperative risk ... - what is the bleeding ... the type of and indication
Who to test for BRCA 1/2?
Female Breast Cancer:
 • ≤ 45-50 years at diagnosis
 • Triple
cancers in this table ... Jewish or other risk ... relative meeting criteria ... /2 >5% (as per risk ... BRCA #testing #indications
Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
Beers List of Medications ... unnecessarily high risk ... be avoided.11 TABLE ... #Geriatrics #Medications ... #Beers #List #Pharmacology