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Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
Heart Failure (CHF ... ] Treatment Options ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... #pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Iron Deficiency ... Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... absorption and iron ... functional ID) Treatment ... #deficiency #CHF
Oral Antibiotics for Acne - Indicated for Moderate-to-Severe Acne 
First-Line Drug Class: Tetracyclines 

In the last
Antibiotics for Acne ... treatment which ... treatment. ... We can also pulse-dose ... #Pharmacology #
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure ... #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Veltassa (Patiromer) 
MECHANISM: Potassium Binder 
INDICATION: Treatment of Hyperkalemia 
FORMULATION: Powder for oral suspension 
DOSING: 8.4
INDICATION: Treatment ... patients with CKD, HF ... ACE inhibitors, ... #Hyperkalemia #Pharmacology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
African ancestry, LGE ... May have typical HF ... orthopnea, PND, LE ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... management #cardiology #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Cryptococcosis in HIV-AIDS
Treatment for cryptococcosis consists of 3 phases: induction,
Cryptococcosis in HIV-AIDS Treatment ... and a negative CSF ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS ... #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Treponema pallidum Infections (Syphilis) to Prevent Disease in HIV-AIDS
Early Stage (Primary, Secondary,
Therapy: • Perform CSF ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS ... #pharmacology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... neutropenia, and iron ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... India ink prep CSF ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology