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Naloxone for Clonidine Overdose
Indication: Altered mental status, CNS depression or respiratory depression due to clonidine overdose
Dosing:
for Clonidine Overdose ... due to clonidine overdose ... increase endogenous opioid ... Endogenous opioids ... #toxicology #management
Opioid Overdose - Treatment in the Emergency Department

Symptoms, Treatment and Determining Disposition

#Diagnosis #Toxicology #Management #Opioid #Overdose
Opioid Overdose ... Disposition #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Management ... #Opioid #Overdose
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
set of symptoms) caused ... phyostigmine) - Opioid ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Toxidromes ... Anticholinergics #Opioids
Naloxone - Toxicology

Adult starting dose:
 - 0.4 mg IV/IM/IO/SQ for non-opioid dependent patients
 - 0.04 mg
Naloxone - Toxicology ... /IO/SQ for non-opioid ... search for other causes ... Naloxone #Narcan #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology #Overdose
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... - Cocaine Opioids ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
drugs that may cause ... containing cocaine Opioids ... UDS #Laboratory #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #FalsePositive
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
than normal and overcome ... insufficient to overcome ... Incontinence #Types #Classification ... #Causes #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... Overdose: • Any ... opioid can cause ... and methadone overdose ... #differential #diagnosis
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
general seizure caused ... and metabolic causes ... but are due to a conversion ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include: ... syndrome (ARDS) • Opioid ... overdose • Naloxone ... #differential #diagnosis