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PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
with caution - e.g ... PDE5 inhibitors should ... hypotension - and should ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the ... macular pathology" should ... in setting of short ... #Medications #Treatment ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used ... output on a short-term ... failure is chronic Drug ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Approach to ECGs ... safe #, but >500 DANGER ... - Short QT <300 ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Approach to ECGs ... asymmetrical, similar or bigger ... deWinter T waves - starts ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antirheumatic drug ... Hydroxychloroquine should ... Eye exams should ... who require this medication ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
segments and T waves should ... Osborne waves - Short ... Sodium-channel blocking drugs ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by 24 hours or longer ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... /Drug toxicity, ... count in the CSF should ... • EEG: With persistent
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
CMV retinitis should ... other factors (e.g ... ., concomitant medications ... intraocular levels of drug ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology