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Drugs for Heart Failure

#medications #chf #pathophysiology #cardiology #pharmacology
Heart Failure #medications ... #chf #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... Management #Treatment #Indications
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
#differential #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology # ... potassium #medications
Ebstein Anomaly
 • Prevalence
 • Pathophysiology
 • Presentation
 • Physical Examination Findings
 • Initial Management
 •
Prevalence • Pathophysiology ... Ebstein anomaly • Indications ... Ebstein #Anomaly #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Uric Acid Homeostasis
In the liver, purines are metabolized to uric acid. The last step in purine
Homeostasis In the liver ... Homeostasis #Gout #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Management
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
organs (commonly liver ... Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
sporozoites) Human Liver ... Stages 2) Infected liver ... Plasmodium #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Heart block Medications ... • Yellow fever ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis (EuDKA)
SGLT2 Inhibitors
Increasing Indications
Significant Adverse Drug Effects
Definition of EuDKA
 • Metabolic acidosis with pH
Inhibitors Increasing Indications ... serum bicarbonate level ... blood glucose level ... < 200 mg/dL Pathophysiology ... Ketoacidosis #EuDKA #diagnosis
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
hypothalamus → fever ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis