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Sleep
Regulation of sleep is critical for life! Ever wonder why you can’t fall asleep while hungry
hungry or why anti-histamines ... #Sleep #anti-histamine
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
First Generation Anti-Psychotics ... Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics ... Cognitive Slowing Histamine ... Block action of Histamine ... , and/or limbs caused
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Anti-Emetics Guide
Serotonin antagonists:
 • Ondansetron (Zofran), Granisetron (Kytril, Sancuso) - Headache,
Cards - Inpatient Anti-Emetics ... EPS, dry mouth Histamine ... retention DA/Histamine ... pocketcardset #nausea
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
Anti-dsDNA (in 70% ... of cases) 2 ... Anti-Sm (Smith) ... Anti-histone (in ... seen in 30—70% of cases
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... practices that could cause ... ANA (e.g., SLE), anti-phospholipid ... disease), HBsAg/anti-HBc ... patients if the cause
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
Effects (Atypical Anti-Psychotics ... muscle dilation • Histamine ... Antagonism - Block Histamine
Erythroderma - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Extensive cutaneous capillary dilation, results in widespread exfoliation of the
Causes: 1) Exfoliative ... Eosinophils 3) Basophils/Histamine
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
10% of all lupus cases ... ) - Anti-ENA ... ) - Anti-histone ... Discontinuation of causal ... Positive in 60-80% of cases
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-induced edema is caused ... permeability) - Histamine ... Edema #Medication #Causes
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis
 • Pregnancy
 • Endocrinopathies: PCOS, Hypothyroidism
 • HPA Dysfunction:
Causes of Secondary ... Dopamine antagonists, Anti-psychotics ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes