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Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Severe Burns, Pancreatitis ... pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... potentially causative drugs ... Q6hr) and pain-dose ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... -24 hours post dose ... - Intermittent dosing ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... PUD (posterior), Anatomic ... consider pain-dose ... cholecystectomy during
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
alfentanil can be diagnostic ... see Box C for dose ... Medical causes: drug ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
neuromuscular blocking drug ... the laryngeal anatomy ... ❿ Perform FoNA using ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
then be excreted using ... adjusting the dose ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
months or • RFB (dose ... and molecular diagnostic ... Please refer to the table ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
contralateral eye ... injection) for 1–4 doses ... intraocular levels of drug ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology