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Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
despite appropriate acute ... , or those who are ... contraindications to acute ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... #Table #Pharmacology
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
infections, whose clinical ... elevated level of care ... the intensive care ... obtained prior to antibiotic ... Protocol #Shapiro #Indications
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... care: steroids ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... Management #Treatment #Indications
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
Findings are summarised ... in Tables 5.2 and ... EBM #Management #Pharmacology ... Personality #Disorder #Medications ... Effectiveness #Table
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the spectrum of clinically ... final figure, abx are ... does not equal clinical ... #antibiogram #pharmacology ... management #spectrum #table
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
2-5 days) A - Antibiotics ... I - ICU level care ... not initiate in acute ... Pre-endoscopic Care ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Daliresp (Roflumilast) 
Indication: Reduce risk of COPD exacerbations 
Drug Class: Selective Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) Inhibitor 
GOLD 2019
Dosing: 250 mcg tablet ... the use of this medication ... it eosinophils are ... won’t have any clinical ... #Pharmacology #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... Cardiac cath if acute ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #pharmacology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Determine if any labs are ... events or death (CARP
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... typically able ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical