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Antiplatelet Drugs and their Actions

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc
@AmyChung

#Antiplatelet #Medications #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Drugs #Agents #COX #GIIbIIIa
Antiplatelet Drugs ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology ... #Drugs #Agents ... #COX #GIIbIIIa
Arachidonic acid pathway and drugs which affect it.

#Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #ArachidonicAcid #Pathways #COX #Prostaglandins #Prostacyclins #Leukotrienes #Synthesis

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acid pathway and drugs ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology ... ArachidonicAcid #Pathways #COX ... Text: Clinical Pharmacology
The 8 A’s — drugs that interact with warfarin
Antibiotics 
 - Most agents, but especially co-trimoxazole,
The 8 A’s — drugs ... Antibiotics - Most agents ... but especially co-trimoxazole ... Warfarin #Coumadin #Drug ... Mnemonic #8As #Pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... Antiparkinsonian agents ... are diagnostic ... dose or change drug ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... to alternative agents ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Review recent events ... - Relevant drug ... - Additional tox ... Evaluation #Workup #MICU ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
potential causative agents ... immediately. ❼ Give drugs ... possible trigger agents ... annotate notes/drug ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Inhalational anaesthetic agents ... Other drugs at clinician ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... Drugs: Salbutamol ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology #
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
Drug-Induced Seizures ... Cocaine, Camphor, CO ... Kat_Watson #Drug ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #OTISCAMPBELL