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Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... vary depending on treatment ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis ... management #comparison #table
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... induced acute kidney ... • Treatment includes ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
List of drugs causing acute intermittent porphyria.  James Dazhe Cao @JamesCaoMD, Dallas Tox @DallasTXTox
#Diagnosis #Pharmacology
List of drugs causing ... acute intermittent ... @DallasTXTox #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology # ... Toxicology #Drugs
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Acute dystonia ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
In addition to management of ABCs, exposure to nerve gases requires antidotes. There are 3 important
are 3 important drug ... classes used in acute ... #Management #Toxicology ... #NerveAgents #Treatment ... #Table
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... patients who have treatment-resistant ... antipsychotic drugs ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
arterioles -> less able ... irreversible • Drug ... bradykinesia/akinesia • Acute ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry