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Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL)
 • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation
 • TRH has
Feedback Loop: Prolactin ... Prolactin #PRL #FeedbackLoop
Crystalloid Compositon - Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte
#Pharmacology #Crystalloids #Contents #Comparison #Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte #LactatedRingers #NormalSaline
NormalSaline #NS #LR ... #IVFluids
Choose Your Fluid: Crystalloid Comparison Chart:
Plasma vs Plasma-Lyte, Saline (.45%, 0.9%, 2%, 3%), D5W, Ringer's Lactate,
mEq NaHCO3 #IVFluids ... comparison #table #LR
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
Feedback Loop: Growth ... GrowthHormone #GH #FeedbackLoop
Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR ... per @kidney_boy feedback ... indications #comparison #LR
IV Fluids - Comparison Table
Fluid - pH - Osm - Na - Cl - Other
 •
IV Fluids - Comparison ... Lactated Ringer's (LR ... EmmGeezee #IV #Fluids
Drug Treatment of Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions
First-Line Therapy 
 - Epinephrine 
 - Oxygen 
 -
Oxygen - IV fluids ... : NS or LR Second-Line
Lactated Ringers (LR) vs Normal Saline (NS) - Comparison

Composition of LR:
 • Sodium 130 mEq/L
 •
Lactated Ringers (LR ... Composition of LR ... Lactated Ringers (LR ... lactic acid • LR ... Tubuloglomerular feedback
Crystalloid Fluids - Contents Comparison Table
Normal plasma
0.9% saline (a.k.a. "normal saline" or NS)
0.45% saline (a.k.a. 1/2
Crystalloid Fluids ... Lactated Ringers (LR ... #Crystalloid #Fluids
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Trial isotonic fluids ... (NS or LR) •