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Who to test for BRCA 1/2?
Female Breast Cancer:
 • ≤ 45-50 years at diagnosis
 • Triple
diagnosis • Triple Negative ... + relative with ... in this table ... factors in this table ... BRCA #testing #indications
Common Pulmonary Medications

#Pulmonary #Medications #drugs #pharmacology #table #respiratory
Common Pulmonary ... Medications ... #Pulmonary #Medications ... #drugs #pharmacology ... #table #respiratory
Oral anti-hypertensives with relative fast onset of action (Hypertensive Emergency)

The key concern with oral antihypertensive agents
anti-hypertensives with relative ... Emergency) The key concern ... allow one dose of medication ... Emergency #Management #Pharmacology ... #Table #BloodPressure
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
For most indications ... #management #algorithm ... #pharmacology # ... treatment #medications ... #table #pharmacotherapy
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... above testing negative ... Adjust IS medications ... *Especially if concern ... Workup #Management #Algorithm
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
psychopathology, anger ... summarised in Tables ... EBM #Management #Pharmacology ... Personality #Disorder #Medications ... Effectiveness #Table
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Sedative-Hypnotic ... drugs #Sedative ... Hypnotic #Drugs #medications ... #pharmacology # ... comparison #table
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
Pharmacologic Options ... Associated with Cancer ... tube First-line medications ... drugs #treatment #pharmacology ... #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... have achieved negative ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... days before Pulmonary