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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... Consider if: ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... #Toxicology #diagnosis
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... metabolized in the liver ... has some limited activity ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone half life ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Fever 4. ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #Toxicology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
tool to assess level ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... glycol (solvent) toxicity ... No pharmacologic ... CriticalCare #diagnosis #management
Digoxin Pharmacology and Monitoring

 • Digoxin’s half-life is 30-45 hours in healthy adults
 • When monitoring
Digoxin Pharmacology ... Digoxin’s half-life ... Kat_Watson #Digoxin #Pharmacology ... #Monitoring #toxicology ... #management #toxicity
Methotrexate Toxicology 

Intravenous leucovorin (folinic acid) treatment serves as a cofactor necessary for synthesis of thymidylate
Methotrexate Toxicology ... evidence of marrow toxicity ... Leucovorin #Antidote #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Management ... #Pharmacology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity ... • Persistently active ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management