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Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Malignant Catatonia

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#Serotonin #Syndrome #Neuroleptic
Comparison - Serotonin ... Malignant #Catatonia #NMS ... #SS #comparison ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Elevation, Timing, Treatment ... and Prevention ... #HACE #HAPE #Diagnosis ... Management #Elevation #Comparison ... #Table
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
partially developing as ... be separated by 12 ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications ... dosing #drugs #table
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
generally defined as ... • Treatment includes ... prevention by minimizing ... pharmacology #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
permeability Diagnosis ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... (for secondary APS ... ), Secondary prevention ... #management #treatment
Main types of autoimmune encephalitis in the ICU. 
Anti-NMDAR anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor, ADEM acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Anti-GFAP
electroencephalography, Abs ... #encephalitis #comparison ... #table #neurology ... #diagnosis
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... of urinary retention ... • Used In treatment ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... #Pharmacology #Table
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
thiamine (vitamin B1 ... It manifests as ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... Korsakoff #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #comparison #neurology
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
can cause harm as ... vasoconstriction, preventing ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... emphasis placed on prevention ... & Dry” is the treatment ... then placed on prevention ... #table #foamed