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

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... Therapeutic Target ... #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Simplified Representation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Lifecycle and Potential Drug Targets

#Therapeutic
Representation of Severe Acute ... and Potential Drug ... Targets #Therapeutic ... #Targets #Pharmacology ... JAMA #Lifecycle #Drugs
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
Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
antiepileptic drug ... receptor agonism (at therapeutic ... Carbamazepine #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #SideEffects ... #Adverse #Pharmacology
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... pharmacology ... #pharmacology # ... inopressors #diagnosis
Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation and Drugs
Consider drugs (k) if heart rate beats/min in spite of adequate
Consider drugs ... rate beats/min in spite ... vasoconstriction may have had acute ... haemorrhage or acute ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Psychiatric drugs ... Other drugs 4. ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology # ... Toxicology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin Associated Acute ... Kidney Injury • Drug ... induced acute kidney ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... #DrugLevels #Therapeutic ... #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table