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Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs Acute dystonia ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... choreoathetosis or dystonia ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #management
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
and Management ... • Bone marrow ... acute leukemia Management ... #Management #treatment ... #hematology #oncology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
akinesia • Acute Dystonia ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis ... can occur at any tine ... cogwheel effect (+/- dystonia ... Malignant #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Enteral Nutrition - ICU One Pager
 • When to start enteral feeds
 • When NOT to
Nutrition - ICU One ... criticalcare #icu #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #management
Suggested algorithm for bone marrow biopsy and skeletal imaging in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
algorithm for bone ... significance (MGUS) A bone ... Biopsy #algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... with hypocellular bone ... Aplastic #Anemia #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... autoimmune response gone ... spondylitis, Axial dystonia ... #Management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... , Biological + Bone ... /ml, ↑ LDH • Bone ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
CD163 staining of bone ... is found in the bone ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology