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Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... and acute kidney injury ... Clinical presentation also ... LacticAcidosis #Toxicity ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury ... Acute Radiation Toxicity ... #Radiation #Injury ... #Toxicity #diagnosis ... #management
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... One hand is formed ... avoided in infants as ... intra-abdominal injury ... #ForeignBody #Management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Despite this, it is also ... is calculated as ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #ards #foamed #
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
odour, flash, flame ... diathermy • Remove all ... Consider inhalational injury ... depending on degree of injury ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... been reported as ... of lipid-laden 'foamy ... • Presence of foamy ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
Ulcerative Colitis - Management ... Potential GI SE, liver injury ... • Budesonide Foam ... risk for steroid AEs ... suppository or foam
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Induced Muscle Toxicity ... myopathies such as ... Direct muscle injury ... Risk of muscle injury ... myopathy #diagnosis #management
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... Pathophysiology: ... microvascular injury ... cardiology #diagnosis #management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... ) Summary ALS: combination ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... in improperly folded ... neurology #diagnosis #management