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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
hepatorenal syndrome) Intrarenal ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... tract infection • Medications ... prostatic hypertrophy (BPH ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) Prerenal: ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Drugs #pharmacology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Management ... midodrine + albumin Intrarenal ... → Stop meds • BPH ... #Acute #Kidney
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
pharmacotherapy trials in BPD ... following outcomes: BPD ... symptoms, mental ... the UK national BPD ... #BPD #Borderline
Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) 
5 Alpha-Reductase inhibitors
 • Flnasterlde and dutasterlde act by reducing
Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH ... of BPH, such as ... #Hyperplasia #BPH ... #Prostate #Medications ... #Pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
hours or longer/BP ... Neurological symptoms ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... patients - 10-25% BP ... overaggressive BP
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
Preferred Therapy for Acute ... 3–4 weeks) if symptoms ... Alternative Therapy For Acute ... times weekly (AI ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... Similar symptoms ... Pediculus humanus, AKA ... Assc symptoms include ... of blood smear, acute
Lithium Therapy for Bipolar Disorder 
Toxicity Levels: 
 - Mild (1-1.5 mEq/L) 
 - Moderate (1.6-2.5
gain Toxicity Symptoms ... Lithium is a medication ... experience a variety of symptoms ... Bipolar #Disorder #BPD ... #Toxicity #Pharmacology