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Digoxin Pharmacology and Pathophysiology
1) Na/K ATPase Pump - Digoxin works by directly binding to and inhibiting
Digoxin Pharmacology ... and Pathophysiology ... Decreased heart rate ... #Pharmacology # ... Pathophysiology
Acute Atrial Fibrillation - Initial Options for Rate Control
Diltiazem IV
 •  Rapid onset and rapidly
regimen is not as ... clear as with other ... long-term oral use Digoxin ... #Control #pharmacology ... #management #cardiology
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypotension • AMS ... inversely related to renin ... glomerular filtration rate ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology #Chloride
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... Calcineurin inhibitors, Digoxin ... hypovolemia - ↓ Renin ... excretion ± Renin ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Management Algorithm for Status Epilepticus

• Assess airway, breathing, and circulation
• Pulse oximetry
• Electrocardiogram
• Finger stick (give
Management Algorithm ... IV at a maximum rate ... StatusEpilepticus #Management ... #Algorithm #Neurology ... #pharmacology #
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... features developing later ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... that precedes a later ... Pathophysiology: ... bowel, usually as ... undergo EGD - Sensitivity
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... edema visualized as ... sequences improve sensitivity ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... complete paralysis of all ... Can begin in arms ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
antigen assay has a sensitivity ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... tissue manifests as ... shock • Mortality rate ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management