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Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
Perioperative Management ... Antirheumatic Medication ... MithuRheum #rheumatology ... #medications #hold ... #autoimmune #pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine Serum Measurement in SLE
 • Terminal elimination half-life = 40 days ([HCQI reflects long-term intake)
probably < 1500ng/mL ... Best indications ... Measurement #SLE #rheumatology ... #pharmacology # ... levels #lupus #management
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis, Examination and Management

Uterotonic Medications (after delivery of the placenta):
 • Oxytocin
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential ... Examination and Management ... Uterotonic Medications ... #Examination #Management ... #Medications
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
For most indications ... #management #algorithm ... #pharmacology # ... treatment #medications ... decisionaid #cardiology #hematology
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
• Exogenous (KCL ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... pathophysiology #pharmacology ... #potassium #medications
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
and Inotropes - Pharmacology ... CO • a (>10 mcg ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #Pharmacology ... #Summary #management ... #medications
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential ... Definition: 150-600 mL ... over 24 hours Differential ... : 1) Indications ... Massive #Hemoptysis #Differential
Drug Induced Uveitis - Medications Associated with Uveitis

#DrugInduced #Uveitis #Medications #Rheumatology #Pharmacology #Differential #Causes
Induced Uveitis - Medications ... DrugInduced #Uveitis #Medications ... #Rheumatology # ... Pharmacology #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... family history - Medications ... changes), high MCV ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
aseptic meningitis), MCC ... Disease: Arterial (MCC-small ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology