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Antiplatelet Drugs and their Actions

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc
@AmyChung

#Antiplatelet #Medications #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Drugs #Agents #COX #GIIbIIIa
Antiplatelet Drugs ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Antiplatelet #Medications ... #Pharmacology # ... Pathophysiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... Palpitations, light-headedness ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... disease • Drugs ... Rate Control •
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
variable tremor, mask ... reduction; change medication ... tremor (may be a late ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
A-Fib) Summary Symptoms ... Palpitations, light-headedness ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... disease • Drugs ... Antiarrhythmic drugs
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
alcohol abuse or drugs ... - CHF - Pulmonary ... Constipation - MSK ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... crackles in the right ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... decreased respiratory rate
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
tissue => Years later ... Severe, worse at night ... FrozenShoulder #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... stages #staging #msk
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
Exertion, Restrictive Pulmonary ... Disease, Right ... #Scoliosis #pathophysiology ... #msk #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Drugs with Actions on Bronchial Smooth Muscle
Bronchodilation is promoted by cAMP. Intracellular levels of cAMP can
Drugs with Actions ... which slow the rate ... #SmoothMuscle #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... Pulmonary #Targets
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
testing Heart Rate ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... • Serotonergic drugs ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms