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Drug Treatment of Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions
First-Line Therapy 
 - Epinephrine 
 - Oxygen 
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Drug Treatment of ... Anaphylaxis and ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Table #Medications ... #Allergy
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis ... pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... Adrenal crisis - Anaphylaxis ... CM #Shock #Classification ... #Cardiogenic #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Summary table of ... hours - Examples: Anaphylaxis ... Food allergies, Drug ... #table #classification ... #comparison
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
Local and systemic anaphylaxis ... allergies, and drug ... Hypersensitivity #Types #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Reactions ... #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... Sepsis. neurogenic, anaphylaxis ... adrenal crisis, drugs ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
loss, malaise • Allergic ... Fever, wheezing • Drug ... antibiotics, illicit drugs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Drugs 5. ... Female predominance Anaphylaxis ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
immediately. ❼ Give drugs ... as patient is stable ... trigger agents (allergy ... annotate notes/drug ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis