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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Cognitive Changes: Agitation ... Dizziness - Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea ... Cognitive Changes: Agitation ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
not anxiety or "agitation ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
delirium Reversible causes ... of delirium Drug-induced ... delirium Non-pharmacologic ... management of delirium Pharmacologic ... #Delirium #pharmacology
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... in Pregnancy Drug ... , tachycardia, nausea ... - Urapidil - Nausea ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #HTN #Pharmacology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... it should not cause ... A dissociative drug ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
with new bugs & drugs ... #Antibiotics #Classes ... Susceptibilities #ICU ... CriticalCare #Overview #Pharmacology
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... Delirium in the ICU ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... severe nocturnal agitation ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
This is an overview of the 3 main drug classes used to treat Hepatitis C

The new
of the 3 main drug ... Though drug name ... combinations of these drug ... patients genotype, treatment ... #DAAs #Pharmacology