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Antidepressant Medications Decision Aid
 - The choice of depression medications in primary care is difficult as
indicate clear winners ... mostly across agents ... Antidepressants #Comparison ... #SideEffects #SNRIs
Table 22 provides the characteristics of various phosphate-binding agents.
#Pharmacology #Nephrology #Phosphate #Phosphorus #Binders #Comparison #Table #Disadvantages
phosphate-binding agents ... Phosphate #Phosphorus #Binders ... #Comparison #Table ... Disadvantages #SideEffects
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
Potassium-Binding Agents ... and sodium • Dosing ... magnesium • Dosing ... pharmacology #table #comparison ... #binders
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Associated Lactic Acidosis ... (MALA) Pathophysiology ... /mL, metformin binds ... anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... symptoms of metabolic acidosis
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
specific allergen binds ... or IgM antibody binds ... blood types or during ... Classification #Pathophysiology ... #Allergy #Diagnosis
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
Fluorochrome that binds ... Hematoxylin and eosin ... fungal cell wall magenta ... microscopy #staining #diagnosis ... fungi #fungus #comparison
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
stiffness • Moving ... facet ioints • Moving ... #Degenerative #Comparison ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
disease states Pathophysiology ... culture used to diagnose ... ankles, knees, fingers ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison ... #rheumatology #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... Itraconazole is the agent ... Mucormycosis Diagnosis ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... scalp, vagina, fingers
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
hypokalemic salt-losing ... Renal tubular acidosis ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... nephrology #management #pathophysiology