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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
obtained than ABG, pH ... 45mmHg has a 100% sensitivity ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... Versus #Comparison #PH
Iron - Possible Routes of Administration and Fate in the Organism

#Iron #Absorption #Routes #Pathophysiology #pharmacology #Oral
Administration and Fate ... Absorption #Routes #Pathophysiology ... #pharmacology #
Lactulose: Mechanism of Action in Hepatic Encephalopathy
Lactulose → ↑ Lactic Acid, Acetic Acid → ↓ pH
Acetic Acid → ↓ pH ... #Lactulose #pharmacology ... ammonia #hepatology #pathophysiology
Digoxin 101 - Pharmacology
Indications:

1) Tachyarrhythmias 
 • Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Supraventricular Tachycardias
 • ↑ Vagal
Digoxin 101 - Pharmacology ... ↑ baroreceptor sensitivity ... nodal delay (ie rate ... thematttsai #Digoxin #Pharmacology
Clinician's Pocket Guide to Vasopressors - Receptor Profiles and Hemodynamic Parameters
 • Systemic Vascular Resistance -
Changes in the heart rate ... (2*(Diastolic BP ... ) + (Systolic BP ... #Vasopressors #Pharmacology
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:
following outcomes: BPD ... the UK national BPD ... 5.2 and 5.4 #EBM ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #BPD #Borderline
IV Fluids - Comparison Table
Fluid - pH - Osm - Na - Cl - Other
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Table Fluid - pH ... Ringer's (LR), Plasma-lyte ... Comparison #Table #pharmacology
Pacemaker Operating Modes
1 - Chamber paced
     A (atrium), V (ventricle), D (dual/both)
2
limit (50-60 bpm ... limit) (120-130 bpm ... Delay (150-200 bpm ... PVARP) (250-300 bpm ... Settings: • Sensitivity
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
) -> Increased Sensitivity ... inflammation #BPH ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification:
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel Blockers:
 • MOA: Block fast Na+ channels
0 to decrease rate ... node activity (rate ... influx into cells (rate ... Vaughan #Williams #Pharmacology ... Classification #Classes #pathophysiology