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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
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... - Relevant drug ... - Additional tox ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist ... Evaluation #Workup #MICU
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Delirium #Checklist ... #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... neuromuscular blocking drug ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
bronchospasm (Box ... Other drugs at clinician ... Drugs: Salbutamol ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
into theatre (Box ... essential equipment (Box ... theatres, recovery, ICU ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... is related to co-morbidities ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... toxicology #diagnosis #management
Insomnia Management

 • What is insomnia?
 • Pathophysiology
 • Risk Factors
 • Diagnosis
 • Drugs producing
Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis • Drugs ... producing insomnia • Drugs ... Hygiene • Non-Drug ... Treatment • Pharmacologic
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
are common in ICU ... hospitalization) • Pathophysiology ... Presentation • Management ... #criticalcare #pharmacology ... #management