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Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
including tips for using ... #pharmacology #antibiotics ... #medications #table ... #treatment #drugs
The 8 A’s — drugs that interact with warfarin
Antibiotics 
 - Most agents, but especially co-trimoxazole,
The 8 A’s — drugs ... with warfarin Antibiotics ... Warfarin #Coumadin #Drug ... #Interactions #Table ... Mnemonic #8As #Pharmacology
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 ... decisionaid #cardiology #hematology ... #warfarin #dosing
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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- Wrong drug? ... - Wrong diagnosis ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... #checklist #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management checklist ... potentially causative drugs ... Pain control - ... limit them as able ... #Diagnosis #Management
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... - Intermittent dosing ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Drugs 5. ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
disease (MCTD), Drug-induced ... Idiopathic Arthritis, Drug-Induced ... Biliary Cirrhosis, Drug-Induced ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Drugs to avoid ( ... main ones) - ... Antibiotics: aminoglycosides
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... ileus), consider pain-dose ... • Antibiotics ... cholecystectomy during