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Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
Analgesia and Sedation ... options in REBEL Review ... #sedative #analgesia ... #pharmacology # ... alternatives #Drugs
REBEL Review 46: Corticosteroid Conversion Chart 

Glucocorticoid, Approximate Equivalent Dose (mg), Relative Anti-Inflammatory (Glucocorticoid) Potency, Relative
REBEL Review 46: ... Equivalent Dose (mg), Relative ... Glucocorticoid) Potency, Relative ... endocrinology #comparison #table ... #pharmacology #
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Sedative-Hypnotic ... depression with sedative-hypnotic ... drugs #Sedative ... #medications #pharmacology ... #comparison #table
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
methylphenidate (Ritalin) - Sedative-Hypnotic ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table ... Sympathomimetics #Sedatives
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Rapidly cidal drug ... No gram negative ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
response to the drug ... management #algorithm #pharmacology ... #medications #table ... #pharmacotherapy ... #decisionaid #cardiology
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Factitious fever, Drug ... fever #relative ... #differential #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #table
Torsades de Pointes
• "Twisting of the pointes" 
• QRS axis swings from positive to negative direction
from positive to negative ... precipitated by drugs ... TorsadesDePointes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ECG
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
No gram negative ... Drug of choice for ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
also be dosed PO Sedative ... line non-benzo sedative ... used as first sedative ... A dissociative drug ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis