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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... Acute Kidney Injury ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Acute dystonia ... diagnostic and ... immediately; supportive care ... #pharmacology # ... management
Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation and Drugs
Consider drugs (k) if heart rate beats/min in spite of adequate
peripheral vein are ... vasoconstriction may have had acute ... haemorrhage or acute ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #management #peds
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Drug induced ... acute kidney injury ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Acute Iron Poisoning ... There are five ... caustic mucosal injury ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Ferrous
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
gastrointestinal distress and acute ... kidney injury are ... LacticAcidosis #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Management
Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Classification Diagnosis ... Angioedema: • Acute ... • Non-allergic drug ... first taking the medication ... #Treatment #management
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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subclinical disease to acute ... pattern of liver injury ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... - Strong indications ... #Management #Hepatology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... • Acutely (hours ... pleural effusions • Acute ... acute respiratory ... #management #Toxicology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... circulation If drugs ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... - HIV/HAART medications