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Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... Purposes Only* #DrugLevels ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... Chemotherapy drugs ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Drugs #Classes
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... duration #DrugLevels ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
set of symptoms) caused ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Toxidromes ... #Comparison #Table
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... antipsychotic drugs ... Clozapine is known to cause ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
arterioles -> less able ... , and/or limbs caused ... irreversible • Drug ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... - Toxins - Drugs ... #Management #causes ... #treatment #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Differential Diagnosis ... Lipid-lowering drugs ... #Causes #nephrology ... #table