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Occult Causes of Non-Response to Vasopressors

vital disclaimer: the cognitive response to hypotension should not be reaching
Non-Response to Vasopressors ... reaching for a vasopressor ... despite substantial vasopressor ... Nonresponder #Multiple #Vasopressors ... #Differential #
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
Vasopressors and ... Summary Vasopressors ... Dose dependent receptor ... RebeccaSteinb17 #Vasopressors ... Summary #management #medications
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
Common Medications ... dronedarone, dofetilide Vasopressors ... #Prolongation #Medications ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... antipsychotics are dopamine receptor ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Causes
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
 •
Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... • Angiotensin receptor ... #hyperkalemia #medications ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Serotonin Syndrome Drug ... Mirtazapine ↑ Serotonin Receptor ... #medications #causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #drug
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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compartment - b2-receptor ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes #hypomg
Management of SIADH
Treat underlying cause:
 • Causes can include pain, primary lung pathology, post-operative phenomenon, medications,
post-operative phenomenon, medications ... bolus of 0.9% NS Vasopressor ... receptor antagonists ... • Blocks ADH receptor ... hyponatremia #nephrology #treatment
Drug-Induced Urinary Retention

Drug-induced urinary retention is very common and can be caused by many classes of
common and can be caused ... by many classes ... of medication. ... #Induced #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes