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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
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
are usually the drugs ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications ... #dosing #drugs ... #table #pharmacotherapy
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
and sodium • Dosing ... binds magnesium • Dosing ... and calcium • Dosing ... #medications #pharmacology ... #table #comparison
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 ... #treatment #medications ... #table #pharmacotherapy ... hematology #warfarin #dosing
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
: • CKD • Poorly ... reactions Common Drugs ... Beta blockers • Antibiotics ... Medications 2. ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
: • CKD • Poorly ... reactions Common Drugs ... Beta blockers • Antibiotics ... Medications 2. ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Veltassa (Patiromer) 
MECHANISM: Potassium Binder 
INDICATION: Treatment of Hyperkalemia 
FORMULATION: Powder for oral suspension 
DOSING: 8.4
INDICATION: Treatment ... oral suspension DOSING ... from other oral drugs ... patients with CKD ... #Pharmacology
The 8 A’s — drugs that interact with warfarin
Antibiotics 
 - Most agents, but especially co-trimoxazole,
The 8 A’s — drugs ... with warfarin Antibiotics ... #Interactions #Table ... Mnemonic #8As #Pharmacology ... #Medications
A quick infographic describing some of the common reversal agents used by anesthesiologists, their mechanism of
mechanism of action, dosing ... anesthesiology #treatment ... #medications ... References: Pani ... revolutionary drug
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Etiology: • Medications ... NSAIDs, β-blockers, Antibiotics ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table