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BSCE i SGU
Selective Beta-1 Blockers
- Characteristics
- "-olol" Suffix
- Drug Names
- Beta-1 Selective
- Atenolol
- Esmolol
- Metoprolol
- Partial Beta agonists
- Acebutolol
1 min
Selective Alpha-2 Blockers
- Mirtazapine
- Indications
- Depression Treatment
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Alpha2 Receptor
- Antagonist at 5-HT receptors
- Side Effects
- Sedation
- Weight gain
- Increased Serum Cholesterol
1 min
Selective Alpha-1 Blockers
- "-osin" suffix
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Alpha1 Receptors
- Indications
- Hypertension
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Side Effects
- Syncope
- Orthostatic Hypotension
1 min
Prazosin (Minipress)
- -osin suffix
- Mechanisms
- Selective Alpha-1 Receptor Blocker
- Indications
- Hypertension
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Nightmares
- Side Effects
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Tachycardia
- Priapism / Inhibition of Ejaculation
- Nasal Congestion
- Considerations
- First Dose Effect
- Administer at Bedtime
2 mins
Posterior Pituitary
- Characteristics
- Neuroendocrine Reflex Stimulation (By Hypothalamus)
- Direct Hormones
- Vasopressin
- Increased Water Retention (In Kidneys)
- Oxytocin
- Increased Uterine Contraction
- Mammary Glands Contraction
2 mins
Pilocarpine (Pilocar)
- Mechanism
- Direct Cholinergic Agonist
- Contracts Iris Sphincter
- Contracts Ciliary Muscle
- Indications
- Xerostomia
- Glaucoma
- Side Effects
- Detached Retina
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Eye Irritation
- Cholinergic Effects
- Considerations
- Avoid with Asthma or Bradycardia
2 mins
Nonselective Beta-Blockers
- "-olol" Suffix
- Nonselective
- Propranolol
- Timolol
- Nadolol
- Partial β Agonist
- Pindolol
- Nonselective β with α Blocking
- Carvedilol
- Labetalol
2 mins
Nonselective Alpha-Blockers
- Indications
- Phentolamine
- Reversible
- Pheochromocytoma (Diagnosis)
- Hypertensive Crisis
- Phenoxybenzamine
- Pheochromocytoma (Treatment)
- Side Effects
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Reflex Tachycardia
2 mins
Lab and Diagnostic Tests During Pregnancy (Other Visits)
- Diagnosis
- 10-13 Weeks
- Offer Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
- 15-18 Weeks
- Quad Screen
- 18-20 Weeks
- Ultrasound
- Anatomic Screening
- 24-28 Weeks
- One-Hour Glucose Challenge Test
- 35-37 Weeks
- Streptococcus Agalactiae
3 mins
Indirect Cholinomimetics
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
- Doesn't Cross BBB
- Edrophonium
- Myasthenia Gravis (Diagnosis)
- Pyridostigmine and Neostigmine
- Myasthenia Gravis (Tx)
- Ileus
- Crosses BBB
- Physostigmine
- Atropine Overdose
- Glaucoma
- Donepezil
- Alzheimer's
2 mins
Direct Cholinomimetics
- Muscarinic Agonists
- Bethanechol
- Bladder and Bowels
- Methacholine
- Bronchoconstriction
- Pilocarpine
- Contracts Ciliary Muscle and Pupillary Sphincter
- Carbachol
- Releases Intraocular Pressure
1 min
Carcinoid Syndrome
- Pathophysiology
- Neuroendocrine Cells
- Serotonin
- Appendix
- Diagnosis
- Chromogranin A
- Neuron Specific Enolase
- Dense Core Bodies on EM
- Signs and Symptoms
- Symptoms When Metastasize to Liver
- Flushing
- Wheezing
- Right Heart Murmur
- Diarrhea
4 mins
Beta-2 Agonists
- Short-term Treatment
- Terbutaline
- Asthma
- Tocolysis
- Albuterol
- Asthma
- Long-term Treatment
- Salmeterol
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
3 mins
Beta-1 Agonists
- Dobutamine
- Heart Failure
- Cardiac Stress Test
- Isoproterenol
- Bradyarrhythmias
- Torsades de Pointes
1 min
Atropine
- Indications
- Blocks DUMBBeLSS
- Bradycardia
- Side Effects
- Skin Flushing
- Increased Temperature
- Dry Mouth
- Cycloplegia
- Disorientation
- Mydriasis
1 min
Anticholinergics Continued
- Drugs
- Glycopyrrolate
- Reduces Airway Secretions
- Ulcer Treatment
- Ipratropium
- Asthma and C.O.P.D
- Dicyclomine
- Hyoscyamine
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1 min
Anticholinergics
- B.O.AT.S Acronym
- Benztropine
- Parkinson's Disease
- Oxybutynin
- Decrease bladder spasms
- Atropine
- Mydriasis and Cycloplegia
- Scopolamine
- Motion Sickness
1 min
Androgen Insensitivity (Complete)
- Defect in Androgen Receptor
- Phenotypically Female
- (46, XY)
- Female External Genitalia
- Rudimentary Vagina
- Scant Sexual Hair
- Testes Often in Labia Majora
- Testes Surgically Removed to Prevent Malignancy
- Increased Estrogen, Testosterone, and LH
- Absent Uterus and Fallopian Tubes
3 mins
Alpha-2 Agonists (Sympathoplegics)
- Indications
- Hypertension
- Renal disease
- Mechanism of Action
- Centrally acting Alpha-2 Agonist
- Drugs
- Clonidine
- Rebound Hypertension
- Alpha-Methyldopa
- Pregnancy
- Coombs (+) Hemolytic Anemia
- SLE Like Syndrome
2 mins
Alpha Agonists
- -RINE suffix
- Norepinephrine
- Hypotension
- Phenylephrine
- Hypotension
- Congestion
- Ephedrine
- Congestion
- Urinary Incontinence
- Hypotension
- Epinephrine
- Anaphylaxis and Asthma
- Hypotension
1 min
