Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 β€’ Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology ... #table
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration: Diuretics
 β€’ Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... , tenofovir β€’ AIN ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 β€’ RHABDOMYOLYSIS
CK Elevation (Pain ... RHABDOMYOLYSIS - Drugs ... immobility β€’ Critical ... #Elevated #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 β€’ Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... uncovered incidentally during ... asthma, allergy, drug ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Priapism
Many disease states have been associated with priapism, including hematologic disorders, malignancy, neurologic disorders,
priapism, including hematologic ... trauma, infection, medications ... , recreational drugs ... #Diagnosis #Urology ... #Table
Daliresp (Roflumilast) 
Indication: Reduce risk of COPD exacerbations 
Drug Class: Selective Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) Inhibitor 
GOLD 2019
exacerbations Drug ... Eosinophils < 100 Dosing ... : 250 mcg tablet ... won’t have any clinical ... #Pharmacology #
Dermatological semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis 

Clinicopathologic correlations
 β€’ Purpura, papules, pustules, necrosis: involvement of small vessels
angiitis (40%) β€’ Drug-induced ... vasculitis (5%): PAN ... signs #lesions #diagnosis ... #clinical #manifestations ... pathology #lesions #differential
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 β€’ Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
precipitated by medications ... changes, worsen during ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Drug Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
> 100 drugs have been associated with drug-induced SLE
High risk (>5%):
 β€’
Drug Induced Systemic ... Erythematosus #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology ... #risk #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
SLE (60-70%) & drug-induced ... -15% If SLE is clinically ... erythematosus #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... table #ANA