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Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Delirium Precipitants ... ie dementia) - Polypharmacy ... Hospitalization I divide precipitants ... #Delirium #Precipitants
Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy: An often unmet need

#Management #Geriatrics #Deprescribing #Protocol #Algorithm #Polypharmacy
Inappropriate Polypharmacy ... Protocol #Algorithm #Polypharmacy
Propagation of appropriate and problematic prescribing cascade @AGSjournal

#Geriatrics #polypharmacy #DeprescribingCascade #Management #PrimaryCare
#Geriatrics #polypharmacy
Deprescribing Algorithm for Deciding Order and Mode in which Drug Use Could be Discontinued

#Management #Geriatrics #Deprescribing
Protocol #Algorithm #Polypharmacy
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Syndrome Drug Precipitants ... diagnosis #drug #Precipitants
FIGURE 3. KERATIC PRECIPITATES. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND JONATHAN TROBE, MD.

In addition to a good
KERATIC PRECIPITATES ... Keratic precipitates ... SlitLamp #Keratic #Precipitates
Atrial Fibrillation - Management Principles

1) TREAT ANY IDENTIFIED PRECIPTANT(S) 
2) RATE OR RHYTHM CONTROL 
3) ANTICOAGULATION
ANY IDENTIFIED PRECIPTANT
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
- Drugs • Polypharmacy
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
identify a clear precipitant
Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis

1) Presence of cryoglobulin 
Circulating immunoglobulins that precipitate with cold temperature and dissolve
immunoglobulins that precipitate