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Alteplase (t-PA) for Acute Ischemic Stroke: 
Dosage, Mixing, and Administration Instructions

#TPA #Thrombolytics #Stroke #CVA #Dosage #Dosing
Ischemic Stroke: Dosage ... Instructions ... #TPA #Thrombolytics ... #Dosing #Mixing ... #Instructions #
Push Dose Pressors - Mixing Instructions.

EPINEPHRINE
Has alpha and beta 1/2 effects so it is an inopressor
Do
Push Dose Pressors ... - Mixing Instructions ... -5-10 minutes Dose ... Mixing Instructions ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare
Mixing instructions for epinephrine - a "dirty epi drip"

 - Inject 1 mg of epinephrine into
Mixing instructions ... Dirty #Drip #gtt #Mixing ... #Instructions # ... CriticalCare #PushDose
Push Dose Pressors - Mixing Instructions - Epinephrine and Phenylephrine

Epinephrine Preparation steps:
1. Add 9 mL of
Push Dose Pressors ... - Mixing Instructions ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare ... Phenylephrine #Mixing ... #Instructions #
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
benefit) - Std dose ... 2 hrs - Low dose ... bleeding with tPA ... AcutePE #Management #CriticalCare
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... , IL-1B, ATRA, TPO ... , TPO-RA • Infections ... infections • Tissue damage ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Conceptual Relationship between Volume Responsiveness and Volume Tolerance

Assessing for volume responsiveness would only tell you that
-glycocalyx damage ... Challenge #Diagram #Differential ... Pathophysiology #CriticalCare
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Scurvy - Actinic damage ... vasculitis - GPA ... - EGPA - MPA ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage ... From organ/cavity lining ... Mechanisms #Neurology #Differential
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
published case reports giving ... dose and latency ... Pancreatitis #Causes #Differential