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Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... pharmacology ... #pharmacology # ... inopressors #diagnosis #management
Locked-In Syndrome on Physical Exam

56 year-old male with acute onset altered sensorium. Suffered a cardiac arrest
Locked-In Syndrome ... year-old male with acute ... infarct seen on MRI ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Impairment: • Acute ... stroke syndromes ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... EMG) studies • MRI ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Acute dystonia ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #management
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... induced acute kidney ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... toxicology #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute ... worsening or clinical ... by brain CT or MRI ... #Stroke #CVA #neurology ... #management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... axonal form • MRI ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... abnormality, Medication/Drug ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology