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Review of Intranasally Administered Medications for Use in the Emergency Department
Table of agents, uses, dosing, onset
of agents, uses ... #Intranasal #Pain ... #Medications #Comparison ... #Table #Dosing ... VisualAbstract #Pharmacology
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
Potassium-Binding ... aspiration #Potassium #Binding ... #Hyperkalemia #medications ... #pharmacology # ... table #comparison
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
infections, bone pain ... mass • Rapidly rising ... -> AML: Blast crises ... lymphadenopathy CML Findings ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
PALPITATIONS: Medications ... • Serotonergic drugs ... palpitations: PVC ... straight after bending ... Symptoms: • Chest pain
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)

AGEP is largely a clinical diagnosis based on classical skin findings in
classical skin findings ... Causes? ... is caused by medications ... During the acute ... reexposure to the drug
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... extremities Drug ... • Antihistone: Drug ... activation and/or medications
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
infectious, thyroid, drug-induced ... MYOSITIS: • M > F • Age ... Camptocormia (bending ... statins - probably caused ... effects of the drug