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Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Guide Osmotic agents ... (draws water into ... Polyethylene glycol - Nausea ... #constipation #pharmacology ... #table #agents
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel ... Ileus: Functional bowel ... movements (partial ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... consequence of bowel ... peptic ulcer), bowel ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Heparin, Fondaparinux, and Novel Oral Anticoagulants - Pathophysiology

Anticoagulation with parenteral (intravenous or subcutaneous) and oral anticoagulants
Anticoagulants - Pathophysiology ... subcutaneous) and oral ... the parenteral agents ... a traditional oral ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
Metformin Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action:
 • Suppresses gluconeogenesis by the liver
 • Increases insulin-mediated glucose utilization
Metformin Pharmacology ... Most effective oral ... agent • Does ... not cause hypoglycemia ... #Metformin #Pharmacology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... soon as bladder/bowel ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
Acute Atrial Fibrillation - Initial Options for Rate Control
Diltiazem IV
 •  Rapid onset and rapidly
transition to oral ... IV bolus can cause ... • 3rd line agent ... • Does not cause ... Rate #Control #pharmacology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... Causes include: ... • Heart size: Normal ... ECHO: • Normal ... pulmonary edema • Bowel
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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, the source case ... these injectable agents ... agents preferred ... over injectable agents ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
drainage plus oral ... erysipelas with no focus ... Two newer agents ... also effective agents ... including those caused