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Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Serotonin Syndrome ... Drug Precipitants ... #medications #causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #drug
Examples of medications that may precipitate serotonin syndrome

#Diagnosis #Differential #Serotonin #Syndrome #Medications #Drugs #Causes
Examples of medications ... syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Serotonin #Syndrome ... #Medications #Drugs
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
> 106.7° F) - Differential ... Heat Stroke • Drug-induced ... Sympathomimetics • Serotonin ... syndrome: SSRIs ... Diagnosis #Causes #high
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
    -
- Metabolism: Drugs ... Transfusions - Medications ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #endocrinology ... #differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... ANCA-positive vasculitis (Eosinophilic ... Disease • Other: Drugs ... infiltrates) → high ... #differential #
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... - Insulin (high ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... #differential #
Weight Gain / Obesity  - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Expenditure:
 • Sedentary Lifestyle
 • Smoking Cessation
Gain / Obesity - Differential ... • Cushing's Syndrome ... Polyphagia • High-Fat ... Iatrogenic: • Drugs ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
	•
Facial Swelling - Differential ... angioedema with eosinophilia ... edema of acne Medications ... anti-inflammatory drugs ... Swelling #Edema #Differential
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Excessive insulation, high ... anaphylaxis (→ 3-1) Drug ... sign) (→ 3-8) • Serotonin ... syndrome (cocaine ... #Hyperthermia #Differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... Heart block Medications ... #Bradycardia #differential ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology