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Comparison of anti-diabetic or anti-hyperglycemic agents

There are numerous anti-hyperglycemic agents available to manage Type 2 diabetes.
Each class of medications ... summarizes the A1C ... hypoglycemia risk and effect ... pharmacotherapy #table ... comparison #management #medications
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... whether AF is cause/effect ... #Tachycardia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table
Complete AV Canal Defect on Echocardiogram

Among pts with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, those with Eisenmenger syndrome have
Complete AV Canal ... Defect on Echocardiogram ... #AVCanal #Defect ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Carbenicillin • Ternary Complex ... (drug-antibody complex ... Bloodman #Drugs #medications ... Hemolytic #Anemia #differential ... #pharmacology #table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... depletion - Medication ... Alcohol blackout - Medication ... #Syncope #Differential ... Classification #Table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Genetic defects ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... the patient’s complete ... - HIV/HAART medications ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
elderly persons can affect ... water balance by direct ... on the kidney (Table ... #Hyponatremia #Medications ... DrugInduced #List #Differential
Gerbode Defect (LV → RA Shunt) on Echocardiogram

After MVR, on second post op day surgeon heard
Gerbode Defect ( ... Patient stable hemodynamically ... DrRajeshG1 #Gerbode #Defect ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Use of ototoxic medications ... adults ○ Ototoxic medications ... Streptococcus ○ Herpes simplex ... Hearing #Loss #Differential