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Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
due to #COVID19 ... #management #covid19 ... #treatment #sarscov2 ... #criticalcare #coronavirus ... #medications #sedation
Recent studies have revealed many attractive therapeutic options, even if some of them remain to be
clinical trials #covid19 ... sarscov2 #management #treatment ... #coronavirus #medications
Summary of Pharmacology for Select Proposed COVID-19 Treatments

#Pharmacology #Dosing #Table #COVID19 #Coronavirus #SARSCOV2 #Medications #JAMA
Select Proposed COVID ... -19 Treatments ... Dosing #Table #COVID19 ... #Coronavirus #SARSCOV2 ... #Medications #JAMA
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... in APML Epidemiology ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Pathophysiology ... initiation • Differential
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Medications #Drugs
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... - Causes and Treatment ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Treatment
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... Neurocysticercosis, PML ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
ileal conduit - Medications ... myeloma, CML, AML ... rare): - Reye syndrome ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... pneumonia • COVID ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #Steroids #Indications
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 -
Shock - Differential ... Failure, Toxins/Medications ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... criticalcare #algorithm #treatment