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Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
the Elderly - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased Balance • Gait ... Extrinsic Factors - Drugs ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... facies, shuffling gait ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
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
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
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... Medications #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Drugs #Classes
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Serotonin Syndrome Drug ... Precipitants and Pharmacology ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Pharmacology ... medications #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #drug
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... vary depending on treatment ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Cardiovascular Drugs ... Psychiatric drugs ... Other drugs 4. ... #Medications #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Elevated Anion Gap - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Anion Gap > 12 (Gain ... • Shock • Drugs ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm