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Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
heart disease: CAD ... Long/short QT syndromes ... , Brugada syndrome ... : Drugs, Electrolyte ... Arrest #cardiology #differential
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... NMS can occur after ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Medications #Drugs
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
variable tremor, mask ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-Induced Edema ... & can coincide ... vascular permeability can ... Medication #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
DRESS-associated drugs

DRESS syndrome can be life threatening and it has a documented mortality rate of about
DRESS-associated drugs ... DRESS syndrome ... All kinds of drugs ... can be involved ... Causes #Diagnosis #Differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... CNS) involvement can ... diagnosis and treatment ... can prevent permanent ... #inflammatory #differential
Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis
Defined as excessive dark, coarse, male-pattern hair growth
Hirsutism causes in premenopausal women:
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Hirsutism - Differential ... • Non-classic CAH ... • Drugs: Minoxidil ... Rare: Cushing's Syndrome ... Acromegaly • Drugs
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... iniury, Compartment syndrome ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Drugs (Statins), ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus ... commonly by: - drugs ... System Atrophy) - can ... Pathophysiology: ... Treatment: anticholinergics