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Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy

ILE is a treatment for severe toxicity from local anesthetics. In addition,
Therapy ILE is a treatment ... for severe toxicity ... life-threatening toxicity ... #ILE #Therapy #Toxicology ... #Management #Pharmacology
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
Antivirals #table #treatment ... #medications #infectiousdisease ... #hepatology #HepC ... HepatitisC #Management #Pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
vary depending on treatment ... mortality at a higher level ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology #
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... Glucose, Salicylate level ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... #Toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
- Virtually never ... adverse effects = Hematologic ... Thrombocytopenia) and Hepatic toxicity ... monitored to reduce toxicity ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... patients who have treatment-resistant ... metabolized in the liver ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
Phases of Colchicine Toxicity
 - Early Phase (0-24h) 
 - Multi-organ failure Phase (1-7 days)
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... edema, myopathy Hematologic ... Renal failure, Liver ... #Toxicology #Phases ... #Pharmacology #
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug Level ... at anytime if toxicity ... Sample trough level ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology #