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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 ... is known to cause ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Drug induced ... acute kidney injury ... • Treatment includes ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis ... /HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... dechallenge • Acute ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... circulation If drugs ... before beginning treatment ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... Exclude other causes ... #management #Toxicology
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... (TBI) - Acute ... seizure threshold TOXICOLOGIC ... cardiovascular causes