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A practical guide to starting levothyroxine therapy
Calculate full replacement dose: 1.6 mcg/kg/day
Young, otherwise healthy patient:
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practical guide to starting ... levothyroxine #synthroid ... therapy #initiation #starting
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
Consider (re-) starting ... Consider (re-) starting ... hours before (re-)starting ... Consider (re-) starting ... Consider (re-)starting
Synthroid color-coded tablets and initial dosing

#pharmacology #dosing #medications #drugs #overview
Synthroid color-coded
Statins intensity, drug interactions, timing of administration and missed doses.

An overview of high, moderate and low
Statins intensity ... low intensity statin ... dosing, which statins ... bedtime and which statins
Schema for Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Weight Loss without Inflammation:
 • Decreased Intake: Food
Weight Loss - Differential ... Antidepressants, Synthroid ... #Weight #Loss #Differential
Levothyroxine tablet strengths are also color coded. Depending on the tablet shape (round vs oval) and
Levothyroxine #Synthroid
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Statin Induced Muscle ... individuals on statin ... patients taking a statin ... initiation of statin ... : Inflammatory statin
Mechanisms of Lower Extremity Edema: #Diagnosis #Pathophys #EM #IM #Edema #Lower #LowerExtremity #Causes #Starling #Oncotic #Hydrostatic
LowerExtremity #Causes #Starling ... Hydrostatic #Pressure #Differential
Parkinsonian Gait 

Parkinson's gait is very characteristic: Standing, the patient tends to tilt the trunk forward,
characteristic: Standing ... difficulties in starting
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Facial Weakness - Differential ... Algorithm Forehead Sparing ... Facial #Weakness #Differential ... Causes #neurology #sparing