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Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Hypoglycemia Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Workup:
 • Sulfonylurea Labs
 • Anti-lnsulin Ab - Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome
 •
metabolic demand causes ... - Measure glucose ... BG < 60: Serum glucose ... Glucagon & measure glucose ... later - Normally, glucose
Diagnostic Approach to Hyponatremia
Box A:
 • Normo/hyperosmolar Hyponatremia: Glucose, Mannitol, Glycine, Contrast media, Maltose
 • Pseudohyponatremia:
Hyponatremia: Glucose ... Alcohol, Ethlene Glycole
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
 •
mmol/L - Consider cause ... cells • Insulin–Glucose ... Monitor K+ and Blood Glucose ... serum K+ and blood glucose ... Prevention - Consider cause
SGLT2 Inhibitors 
SGLT2 inhibitors are the newest class of anti-diabetic medications, with the first one (Canagliflozin)
by inhibiting glucose ... kidney), which causes ... patient to excrete glucose ... diuretics but for glucose ... due to increased glucose
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... exposure Symptoms: Nausea ... Potassium, Low Glucose ... Alkalinzation 3) Glucose
Sebaceous hyperplasia 
 - Yellow papule 
 - Donut-shape 
 - Central umbilication 
 - Telangiectasia
Usually multiple - Causes ... Benign #Clinical #Photo
NICE-SUGAR - Intensive versus Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients
N Engl J Med 2009; 360:1283-1297
versus Conventional Glucose ... that intensive glucose ... the ICU: a blood glucose ... #NICESUGAR #Glucose
Testing for Diabetes Type II
 - 
Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
sugar test - Oral glucose ... #Testing #A1c #Glucose