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Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
and Reduction in HbA1c ... Elevation == Decreased ... Elevation #Reduction #HbA1c ... #HgbA1c #Laboratory ... #Increase #Decrease
COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED MEDICATIONS THAT INCREASE OR DECREASE WARFARIN’S INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO (INR)

#Pharmacology #Warfarin #Medications #Interactions #INR
COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED MEDICATIONS ... THAT INCREASE OR ... DECREASE WARFARIN ... Pharmacology #Warfarin #Medications ... INR #Increases #Decreases
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Medications for ... Dexamethasone • Decrease ... Nifedipine • Decreases ... Altitude #Sickness #Medications ... #Management #Treatment
Uterotonic Medications 
 - Should be given concomitantly with uterine massage
 - Multiple medication options which
Uterotonic Medications ... massage - Multiple medication ... options which increase ... Postpartum #Hemorrhage #Medications
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Both can decrease ... In CHF, decreases ... In COPD, decreases ... mortality, LOS NIPPV Indications ... NIPPV #CPAP #BPAP #indications
Metformin - First Line Treatment for Diabetes Type 2
• Start with initial dose of 500 mg
Metformin - First Line Treatment ... • Adjust dose Increase ... than stopping medication ... #Metformin #Indications
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
ventilation - decrease ... difference - decrease ... compression - increase ... sarscov2 #management #treatment
Fibrates - Gemfibrozil and Fenofibrate 
Mechanism: activates PPAR alpha
Lipid Effects:
 - Decrease TG by 30-50%
 -
Lipid Effects: - Decrease ... by 30-50% - Increase ... by 5-15% - Decrease ... These 2 medications ... either of these medications
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
each selected medication ... Anticholinergic medications ... each on point increase ... each one point increase ... Deprescribing #Medications
Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
Medications for ... Treatment of Acute ... #Acute #Gout #Medications ... #Treatment #Management