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IBS-D Pharmacotherapy

Loperamide
Rifaximin
Eluxadoline
Alosetron
Antispasmodics
Tricyclic antidepressants
SSRIs

#IBSD #IBS #Diarrhea #Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome #pharmacology #table #comparison #management #treatment
Antispasmodics Tricyclic antidepressants ... SSRIs #IBSD ... #pharmacology #table ... comparison #management #treatment
Neuromodulators for Disorders of Gut Brain Interactions (DGBIs)
SSRIs - When anxiety, depression, and phobic features are
Interactions (DGBIs) SSRIs ... DGBls Tetracyclic Antidepressant ... - Treatment of ... early satiety nausea ... disturbed sleep SNRls
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... maintained fever CAUSES ... syndrome (tricyclic antidepressants ... #Differential #Causes ... #Anesthesiology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Malignancy (e.g ... CNS pathology (e.g ... cyclosporine, SSRIs ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Medication side effect (e.g ... . αblockers, antidepressants ... Medication side effect (e.g ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... , e.g. central line ... • Call for cardiac ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... #Tamponade #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... trolley and 12-lead ECG ... CM5 continuous ECG ... Obtain a 12-lead ECG ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
trolley, anaphylaxis treatment ... require prolonged treatment ... alternate vasopressor (e.g ... as patient is stable ... #Anaphylaxis #Anesthesiology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... syncope, e.g., ... frequently benign causes ... and an initial ECG ... The treatment strategy
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
and positioning (e.g ... consider: o Cardiac ... Anaphylaxis → 3-1 o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... #Differential #Anesthesiology