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Push Dose Pressors - Mixing Instructions.

EPINEPHRINE
Has alpha and beta 1/2 effects so it is an inopressor
Do
• Take a 10 ml ... syringe with 9 ml ... /ml) • Now you ... Epinephrine 10 mcg ... ) #Pharmacology
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Dobutamine 2-20 mcg ... Isoproterenol 2-10 mcg ... Epinephrine 0-20 mcg ... Dopamine, low 1-4 mcg ... Properties #Table #Pharmacology
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
Criteria for diagnosis ... infiltrates of MC ... • >25% of all MCs ... codon 816 • MCs ... pathology #algorithm #diagnosis
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring ... VTI) X HR CO (mL ... /min) = SV (mL/cycle ... x HR (bpm) - POCUS ... Measurement #cardiology #diagnosis
Chronic prepatellar bursitis with chronic changes.

MCW EM Ultrasound @ https://twitter.com/MCW_EM_US

#Chronic #prepatellar #bursitis #POCUS #Knee #Ultrasound
MCW EM Ultrasound ... prepatellar #bursitis #POCUS
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
• Exogenous (KCL ... #differential #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #pharmacology
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
and Inotropes - Pharmacology ... activation • D1 (1-2 mcg ... mild alpha (5-10 mcg ... CO • a (>10 mcg ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #Pharmacology
Lidocaine HCl - sodium channel blocker. Local anesthetic and class 1B antiarrhythmic. Originally developed in 1943
Lidocaine HCl - ... #Pharmacology #Lidocaine
REBEL Review 74: Push-Dose Epinephrine 

9 mL Saline + 1 mL Epi (100mcq/mL) = Epinephrine 10mcg/mL
Epinephrine 9 mL ... Saline + 1 mL Epi ... (100mcq/mL) = Epinephrine ... 10mcg/mL 0.5 ... criticalcare #management #pharmacology
Diuretic Electrolyte Excretion Effects 
Diuresis, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl-, HCO3-, Uric Acid
 - Thiazide Type
+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl ... electrolytes #effects #pharmacology