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Diabetic Myonecrosis (Diabetic Muscle Infarction)
 • Spontaneous ischemic necrosis of skeletal muscle (anterior thigh or calf)
skeletal muscle (anterior ... muscle swelling & pain ... ↑ESR, ↑CRP • Diagnosis ... analgesia (low dose ... #management #diabetes
In 2018, opioid withdrawal should be considered a buprenorphine deficiency. Otherwise, a multitude of comparatively ineffective
opioid withdrawal should ... in high enough doses ... #Pharmacology # ... Pain #NonOpioid ... #Alternatives #Dosing
Lyrica (Pregabalin) 
Indications: Neuropathy (diabetic, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, & spinal cord injury), Adjunctive therapy for partial-onset
partial-onset seizures Dosing ... and for nerve pain ... to be renally dose ... Patients mood should ... Lyrica #Pregabalin #Pharmacology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
extubation, as it should ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Rybelsus (oral semaglutide) - First Oral GLP-1 Agonist
Dosing:
3 mg daily x 30 days, then 7 mg
GLP-1 Agonist Dosing ... Patients should ... been shown non-inferior ... #semaglutide #Diabetes ... #Pharmacology #
GRACE-2 Guidelines for Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal Pain in the ED

1) Should adult ED patients with low-risk,
in the ED 1) Should ... may be performed during ... non-opioid and/or non-pharmacologic ... #Emergency #diagnosis ... #management
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
months or • RFB (dose ... and molecular diagnostic ... empiric treatment should ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
breath and chest pain ... located chest pain ... over the left anterior ... over the left anterior ... secretions and should