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Reduced DOAC Dosing for Atrial Fibrillation 

#DOAC #Reduced #Dosing #Reduction #Dose #Anticoagulation #Pharmacology #AFib #Renal #CKD
Reduced DOAC Dosing ... #Dose #Anticoagulation ... Pharmacology #AFib #Renal ... #CKD #AtrialFibrillation ... #Indications
Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
Stress Dose Steroids ... - Indications and ... StressDose #Steroids #Indications ... #Dosing #Endocrinology ... #Diagnosis #Management
DPP4 Inhibitors - Normal and Renal Dosing

Increase Incretins (GLP-I & GIP) -> Stimulates Insulin, Inhibits Glucagon
Dosing Increase ... different than other medications ... very tolerable medication ... #Dosing #Pharmacology ... Diabetes #DM2 #Endocrinology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... after a single dose ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Medications #Drugs
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... Kidney Disease (CKD ... Transfusions - Medications ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... #Management #endocrinology
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
diarrhea / IBD Renal ... Loses - Medications ... - Transient renal ... - Familial renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Insulin (high dose ... Antimicrobials Drug-induced ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... #differential #diagnosis
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome ... Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... Saliva • Low dose ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #endocrinology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... , work or when using ... licorice • Medications ... disease - CKD, ... excess (Cushing syndrome
Management of Serotonin Syndrome
Identify and stop all serotoninergic medications
 • Avoid inadvertent Rx of serotoninergic meds
Management of Serotonin Syndrome ... serotoninergic medications ... • Dosing: 12mg loading ... dose, then 2 mg ... #Management #treatment