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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Pleuritic chest pain, hemoptysis ... Carbapenems - IV Clindamycin ... > 10 days - Hemoptysis ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Implicated in Hemolytic ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology ... #table
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
, venlafaxine Antibiotics ... Medications #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology ... #table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Rhinosinusitis, cough, SOB, hemoptysis ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
NSAIDs, β-blockers, Antibiotics ... injury, ischemia, hemolysis ... Pseudohyperkalemia - hemolysis ... Elimination (see Table ... offending medications (review
Medications to Avoid in Patients with G6PD Deficiency Due to Risk of Hemolysis
 - Chloroquine (Aralen)*
Due to Risk of Hemolysis ... Macrodantin)* - Antibiotic ... G6PD #Deficiency #Hemolysis ... #Medications #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Drug-induced Hemolysis in G6PD Deficiency
Medicines and other substances likely to be UNSAFE in moderate to severe
Drug-induced Hemolysis ... #DrugInduced #Hemolysis ... #Pharmacology # ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Medications