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Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... • Consider intraaortic ... • Begin antimicrobial ... #Shock #Management
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
and Inotropes - Pharmacology ... first agent in shock ... • Higher doses cause ... #Summary #management ... #medications
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Severe Community Acquired ... severe community-acquired ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
pressor added in shock ... in refractory shock ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... comparison #table #pharmacology ... #indications
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
SatyaPatelMD and Casey ... aureus #staph #pharmacology ... #management #microbiology ... #medications
Therapy for AL Amyloidosis 2019 
 - Antibodies (Plasma cells) 
 - Proteasome Inhibitors 
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ALAmyloidosis #Therapy #Medications ... #Therapies #Pharmacology ... #Management #Classes
Stress Dose Steroids - Medical and Surgery Indications
Minor Stress:
 • Inguinal hernia repair
 • Mid febrile
Medical and Surgery Indications ... • Mid-moderate nausea ... Hypotension or Shock ... StressDose #Steroids #Indications ... #Dosing #management
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
abdominal pain, nausea ... ) at the doses required ... #UseDisorder #Management ... Screening #Addiction #Medications ... #Pharmacology
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
likely underlying cause ... ) or septic shock ... empiric intravenous antimicrobials ... Discuss ongoing management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
pericarditis (select cases ... Refractory septic shock ... #Steroids #Indications ... #infections #management