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Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
• Early raised AG ... associated with AKI ... may be ↑ or ↓ Treatment ... Toluene #Poisoning #Toxicology ... #Treatment
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:
for the Management ... National Health and Medical ... compared the study treatment ... with ‘treatment ... #Pharmacology #
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... Medical Therapy ... /AHA guidelines. ... HeartFailure #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Treatment includes ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
contractions Definitive Treatment ... POEM Symptomatic Treatment ... Botulinum toxin • Pharmacologic ... #ACG #Guidelines ... gastroenterology #Treatemtn
Medical Management of Riot-Control Agents AKA Tear Gas - 
Decontamination:
1) Remove clothing by cutting off, don't
Medical Management ... Riot-Control Agents AKA ... then irrigate eyes ... water/saline Management ... #treatment #toxicology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... deteriorating on medical ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... GDMT meds (e.g., ACE ... #cardiology #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... Poor adherence to treatment ... by delaying ART treatment ... eight weeks) after treatment ... considered adjuvant treatment
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - Topical Corticosteroids
 • Liquid - Budesonide - 1 mg PO BID -
Fluticasone 880 mcg ... formulations for treatment ... #Esophagitis #EoE ... Corticosteroids #management ... #pharmacology