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10/09/2026

Mental Status Changes

👍: Alcohol Withdrawal
❌: Op**te Withdrawal

09/29/2026

How to Differentiate Brain Lesions On MRI? (Simple Tricks)

09/28/2026

🚨 ANAPHYLAXIS — the mnemonic that could save a life (and your exam)

One drug saves lives in anaphylaxis. Only one.
👉 IM ADRENALINE into the anterolateral thigh — NOW.
Not antihistamines. Not steroids.

Remember it with "A LIFE SAVER" 🧠

🅰️ A — ABCDE + call for help
🇱 L — Lay flat, legs up (never let them stand or walk!)
🇮 I — IM adrenaline, thigh, repeat at 5 min
🇫 F — Fluids for hypotension
🇪 E — Extra oxygen (high-flow)
🇸 S — Stop the trigger
🅰️ A — Adrenaline again → still failing = REFRACTORY
🇻 V — Venous access + monitoring
🇪 E — Escalate: adrenaline infusion + critical care (glucagon if on β-blockers)
🇷 R — Review: tryptase, observe, 2× auto-injectors, allergy referral
💊 DOSE (1:1000 IM):
▪️ Adult / >12 yrs → 500 mcg
▪️ 6–12 yrs → 300 mcg
▪️ 6 mo–6 yrs → 150 mcg
🔁 Repeat every 5 minutes if no response

09/26/2026

💊💊Most Common Infections with 1st and 2nd Line Antibiotics Treatment

💎GAS (Group A strep pharyngitis)💎

1st line:
- Penicillin V 500 mg PO BID ×10 d
- Amoxicillin 1,000 mg/d (or 500 mg BID) PO ×10 d
- Benzathine penicillin G 1.2 million U IM once

2nd line:
- First-generation cephalosporins (cephalexin 500 mg BID, cefadroxil) ×10 d for non-anaphylactic penicillin allergy
- Clindamycin 300 mg TID or a macrolide (azithromycin 500 mg day 1, then 250 mg ×4 d) for type I hypersensitivity

💎Acute otitis media💎
1st line:
- High-dose amoxicillin 80–90 mg/kg/d (children)
- Augmentin 875 mg BID (adults, or recent antibiotics/conjunctivitis/amoxicillin failure) ×5–10 d

2nd line:
- Cefdinir, cefpodoxime, or doxycycline 100 mg BID
- Azithromycin

💎Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis💎

1st line: Amoxicillin 500 mg TID or 875 mg BID ×5–7 d (plain amoxicillin preferred in healthy adults

2nd line:
- Amoxicillin-clavulanate (β-lactamase or resistance risk factors)
- Doxycycline 100 mg BID
- Clindamycin + 3rd-generation cephalosporin, or levofloxacin/moxifloxacin (type I allergy)

💎CAP, outpatient, no comorbidity💎

1st line:
- Amoxicillin 1 g PO q8h
- Doxycycline 100 mg BID
- Macrolide (azithromycin) only if local pneumococcal macrolide resistance

Diagnosis?
08/30/2026

Diagnosis?

08/06/2026

Anaphylaxis
The single most important immediate action is IM adrenaline into the anterolateral thigh. everything else is adjunctive.

08/06/2026

❤️ ECG changes in hyperkalemia? Remember "Sine die" — it progresses to a sine wave!
Peaked T waves → Prolonged PR → Loss of P wave → Wide QRS → Sine wave → Asystole
Catch it early. Save a life. 🫀

08/05/2026

Sepsis Hour-1 Bundle
1️⃣ Measure lactate: remeasure if >2
2️⃣ Blood cultures before antibiotics
3️⃣ Broad-spectrum antibiotics — STAT
4️⃣ 30 mL/kg crystalloid for hypotension or lactate ≥4
5️⃣ Vasopressors if MAP

07/28/2026

Blood Pressure Targets in Stroke

💎Pre-thrombolysis:

07/28/2026

Causes of Stroke in Young Adults

🔷🔷"HEADS VP"🔷🔷

▪️Hypercoagulable states (Factor V Leiden, antiphospholipid syndrome)
▪️Endocarditis / Embolic (PFO, atrial myxoma)
▪️Arterial dissection (carotid/vertebral)
▪️Drugs (co***ne, amphetamines, OCPs)
▪️Sickle cell disease
▪️Vasculitis (CNS vasculitis, Takayasu, PAN)
▪️Pregnancy / Postpartum (eclampsia, CVST)

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