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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
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Associated Acute Kidney Injury ... induced acute kidney injury ... generally defined as ... #pharmacology #toxicology ... #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
Pediatric Button Battery Ingestion
Most serious BB ingestions are not witnessed. Therefore, have a low threshold for
symptoms such as ... Severity of tissue injury ... Battery #Ingestion #toxicology ... #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
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
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... levels not useful as ... #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology