Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... (HRS) Midodrine ... #Nephrology #Management ... #Treatment
Acute Treatment of Migraine

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#Migraine #Treatment #management #neurology #headache #medications
Acute Treatment ... #Migraine #Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #headache #medications
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 β€’ Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... (PRES) - Treatment ... within first 2-6 hrs ... #Treatment #Management ... #Neurology
Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment
Volume expansion: 
 β€’ Albumin (typical dose = 1g/kg on day 1 +/- day
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Treatment Volume ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome ... #Treatment #management ... #HRS #nephrology
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Who gets HRS?
 β€’ Decompensated cirrhosis
 β€’ Typically with existing
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... a precipitant: Medications ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome ... #Management #treatment
Ischemic Stroke - Blood Pressure Management
 β€’ No tPA  < 220 / 120 (permissive hypertension)
Blood Pressure Management ... #hypertension #Management ... #treatment #neurology ... #medications
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment ... - Indications ... Massive PE (definite indication ... 100mg IV over 2 hrs ... #AcutePE #Management
Management of Serotonin Syndrome
Identify and stop all serotoninergic medications
 β€’ Avoid inadvertent Rx of serotoninergic meds
Management of Serotonin ... Syndrome Identify ... serotoninergic medications ... mildly elevated HR ... #Management #treatment
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 β€’ TB meningitis
 β€’ TB
play a role in treatment ... β€’ Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #Steroids #Indications ... #infections #management ... #treatment
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 β€’ Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Distributive Shock, HRS ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology