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Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
the Elderly - Differential ... Decreased Balance • Gait ... Extrinsic Factors - Drugs ... Environment • Rugs ... Elderly #Geriatrics #Differential
Sulfonylureas - Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action: Binds to the ATP-sensitive potassium channel in pancreatic beta cells,
Sulfonylureas - Pharmacology ... Toxicities: Weight gain ... Sulfonylureas #Pharmacology ... DM2 #diabetes #endocrinology
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... Anemia • Hapten (Drug ... Omeprazole, Sulfa drugs ... Hemolytic #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Hypercalcemia - Drug-Induced ... Antiuricosuric drugs ... Hyperuricemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Hypercalcemia Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 - FHH
 - Hypercalcemia of malignancy
 - Local osteolytic hypercalcemia
, supplements, drugs ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #differential
Drugs and Classes Associated with DILI and Type of Liver Injury

#Medications #Differential #DrugInduced #LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology
Drugs and Classes ... #Medications #Differential ... LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology
Weight Gain / Obesity  - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Expenditure:
 • Sedentary Lifestyle
 • Smoking Cessation
Weight Gain / Obesity ... - Differential ... Iatrogenic: • Drugs ... WeightGain #Obesity #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Drugs that Cause Fever
Most commonly:
Amphotericin B, Antihistamines, Asparaginase, Barbiturates, Bleomycin sulfate, Methyldopa, Penicillins, Phenytoin sodium, Procainamide,
Drugs that Cause ... hydrochloride #Drug ... Fever #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... dose or change drug ... facies, shuffling gait ... recognition and drug ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes