Anesthesia drug list.

Listing of common medications that should not be crushed when given to patients.

Common medications for nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation with mechanisms of action, dosing, side effects and warnings. Includes medications and doses for opioid induced constipation (OIC), chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC), irritable bowel syndrome - constipation (IBS-C).

Medications used for rapid intubations with dosing and cautions. Also includes select other medications used for emergency situations (hypertensive emergency, anti-epileptics, and others).

This section describes the dosing and side effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG). Also describes Plasma Exchange. IVIG is used to treat various autoimmune, infectious, and idiopathic diseases. IVIG is an approved treatment for graft versus host disease and ITP. It is accepted for use in persons with Kawasaki disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and polymyositis/dermatomyositis.

Guidelines for the initiation of warfarin (Coumadin) and expected INR elevations. Also includes maintenance dosing and reversal strategies as well as listing of select drugs that increase INR.

Advanced chart of critical care medications with dosages, comparison of physiological responses, target receptors and half-lives. Includes pressors, IV beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and vasodilators.  

Detailed listing of commonly prescribed opioid and non-opioid pain medications with doses, uses, contraindications and warnings. Steroid comparison chart with equivalents and conversions are also included.

Dosing and side effect profiles of commonly prescribed antidepressants; sleep hygiene recommendations and comparison chart of antipsychotic adverse effects.

Guidelines for the initiation of warfarin (Coumadin) and expected INR elevations. Includes maintenance dosing and reversal strategies. Section also includes glucocorticoid conversions, common nutritional supplements and their compositions and opioid equivalents chart.

Select cardiac and sedation medications used in the ICU. Includes load and dosing parameters. The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) is also included.

EKG unipolar and bipolar lead locations with detailed review of regular and right sided lead placement. Review of Einthoven's triangle. Anatomical review of lead locations, lung views, lobes and cardiac auscultation points.

Extensive chapter reviews Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) workup and treatments for STEMI, NSTEMI, UA. Includes TIMI Risk Scores, Killip Classification and Canadian Cardiovascular Society Angina Classification. Stress testing algorithm and the acute management of myocardial infarctions with details on medications and interventions included.

<p>This chapter covers the latest guidelines on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with the classification and treatment of hyperlipidemia based on the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) risk assessment score. Chapter also includes statin and non-statin treatment options for lipid management.</p>

Detailed chart to help you identify and describe heart murmur locations and radiation patterns, sounds, quality, and timing.

Insulin actions, diabetes diagnostic criteria and staging, screening recommendations, comparison of insulins and table of diabetic medications by class and target,&nbsp; details on how to estimate glucose levels based on A1C values as well as office visit recommendations.&nbsp;

Actions of insulin on the body with differences between Type I and Type II diabetes. Comprehensive diabetic medication charts including insulin and non-insulin medications. Insulin table lists onset, peak, duration of different insulin types. Chapter also includes diabetes diagnostic criteria, target plasma glucose levels and easy charts and equations to estimate glucose levels based on A1C values.

Common epidemiology and evidence based medicine definitions and equations used in population studies and journal articles. Includes equations for sensitivity, specificity, prevalence, relative risk and other terms.

Listing of the various hospital diets including restrictions for each type of specialized diet. Chapter has tables covering common nutritional supplements/meal replacements. Types of dysphagia are also covered as are descriptions, standard labeling, and abbreviations for dysphagia modified food and liquid consistencies&nbsp;according to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDSSI).

Evidence based recommendations on avoiding wasteful or unnecessary medical testing, treatments and procedures for geriatric patients. Developed by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Geriatrics Society.

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies for Internal Medicine Residents.

Listing of over 50 abbreviations commonly used by medical professionals. Also includes common symbols and unapproved abbreviation listing.

Latest recommendations for adult pneumonia vaccinations series, including PCV15 (Vaxneuvance), PCV20 (Prevanar 20) and PPSV23 (Pneumovax 23)

Extensive tables providing guidance for MRI/MRA/MRV study selection/indications/IV contrast requirements and cautions. Ultrasound tables provide information to aid in selection of study type/indication and NPO status required for each study.

Extensive tables providing guidance for CT study selection/indications/IV contrast requirements and patient preparation. Ultrasound tables provide information to aid in selection of study type/indication and NPO status required for each study.

Tables of common diagnostic x-rays describing joints included and typical views. Also includes common fluoroscopy studies (e.g. GI related barium studies, myelograms, etc.) with indications and patient prep requirements.

Chapter contains indications for each type of interventional radiology procedure, contrast use, need for conscious sedation and labs, NPO status and typical exam time.

Extensive tables providing guidance for nuclear studies/PET scan study selection/indications and patient preparation, including NPO requirements for each type of study.

The Wells’ Criteria is a clinical prediction tool that can be used to stratify patients for risk of clot. Includes two tools: one for PE risk calculation and one for DVT risk calculation. Criteria have been validated in both inpatient and emergency department settings. Its score is often used in conjunction with d-dimer testing to evaluate for PE.

Comparison of oxygen delivery systems. Includes flow rate, percentage of oxygen, and information on how and when to use. Also includes typical pharmacy PO/IV medication administration times and list of selected medications that can only be administered using IV pump.

Transfusion guidelines for blood, for both adults and pediatrics.

Log for keeping track of all the procedures you have completed. Procedures listed are based on the America Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for Internal Medicine Residents.

Procedure note examples for Endotracheal Intubation, Internal Jugular Central Venous Catheter insertion, Femoral Central Venous Catheters, Lumbar Puncture (including lab tests to order by tube) Radial Artery Line Placement, and Paracentesis.

Chart of phlebotomy tube by color, additive, use and common order of draw.

Commonly used intramuscular (IM) injection sites and how to perform IM, subcutaneous and intradermal injections correctly.

Detailed review of supplies, preparation and procedures for central venous catheter placement, thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar punctures, arthrocentesis and joint injections. Also includes lab tests to order, Light's criteria for pleural exudates and diagnostic clues from pleural fluid appearance.

Chapter details treatment options for ear infections, detailed pediatric asthma treatment, asthma treatment ladder and pediatric asthma score, sepsis rule out, pneumonia treatment and commonly used medications.

Step-by-step algorithm from the initial "Golden Minute" of birth to guide providers in newborn resuscitation.&nbsp;

Ottawa ankle and Ottawa knee rules with sets of guidelines for clinicians to help decide if a patient with foot, ankle or knee pain requires an X-ray to diagnose a possible fracture.

Latest available U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for cervical cancer screening.&nbsp;

Commonly used OB medications for labor, delivery and post-op medications for nausea, sleep, infections, itching, hemorrhage, GBS and more.

Sample OB notes with descriptors for Intrapartum Progress Notes, Delivery Note -Vaginal Delivery, Delivery Note - C section, and Postpartum Progress Notes.

Recommended antimicrobial prophylactic regimens by gynecological procedure.

Guidelines on the treatment of asymptomatic UTI and acute cystitis in pregnancy. Includes antibiotic dosing.

Listing of Over the Counter (OTC) medications considered safe in pregnancy with FDA Pregnancy Class listing.

This section includes a detailed menstrual cycle diagram covering events in ovulation. This chapter also includes the Stages of Labor as well as fetal heart rate monitoring parameters with accompanying fetal heart rate interpretation system.

Most up-to-date guidelines and indications for intrapartum group B streptococcal (GBS) prophylaxis.

Sample hospital admission orders in sequence with explanations to help guide you as you write your hospital admission orders.

Detailed History and Physical Exam template with assessment descriptors to provide a structured assessment of a patient's health and health problems.

Procedure for declaring death in patients. Details the sequence to follow and sample death note. Also includes section on communication and handoffs and guidance for how to handle a Code Blue.

Daily Progress Note template to help you write daily progress notes in the right sequence with general guidelines.

Admission history and physical exam template for labor and delivery. Includes descriptors to help with each section.

Helpful chapter on tests and exams to preform for declaring death. Includes brain death criteria and physical exam techniques. Sample Death Note included.

Clinical note templates/samples including general progress (SOAP) notes, cross-cover, procedure, death, ICU, surgical and discharge/ transfer notes.&nbsp;<br style="color: rgb(76, 76, 76); font-family: Noto, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>

Checklist of important items to include in your patient checkout process, as well as the listing History and Physical and Discharge Summary components in order.

Autonomic system throughout the body with Parasympathetic and Sympathetic innervations as well as relevant nuclei and ganglia.

Detailed listing of all the cranial nerves with locations, components, examination, and physical exam findings with cranial nerve damage or lesion.

<p>Easily locate visual field lesions using this chapter that helps you correlate your visual field clinical exam findings with the anatomic location of the lesion.<br></p>

<p>Chapter reviews antiepileptic drug (AED) use, target serum level, and side effects.</p>

<p>Ataxia differential with Parkinson's symptoms and treatments.&nbsp;</p>

<p>EEG electrode placement map with frequencies.&nbsp;</p>

MRI modalities T1 and T2 differences.

<p>Lumbar puncture procedure.</p>

<p>Chapter reviews the associated symptoms, differential diagnosis and treatments of vertigo.<br></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The MoCA is a cognitive screening test designed to assist health professionals in the detection of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.</span></p>

<p>Illustrations of the lumbosacral and brachial plexuses.</p>

What to expect with cross cover call for neurological conditions including altered mental status, delirium, seizure, and CVA and what to do in those situations.

<p>Palsy differential for cranial nerves III, IV, VI with the eight classical cortical aphasias.&nbsp;</p>

Chapter details peripheral nerve muscular action and sensory distributions, anatomic landmarks and sensory testing for spinothalamic tract and posterior columns.

<p>Listing of the small fiber neuropathies and radiculopathies.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Extensive listing of commonly used neurology drugs with half-life, metabolism, dosing and contraindications.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Drugs used in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. Table contains drug action, use, and side effects.</p>

<p>Chapter lists where tumors are more likely to spread in metastatic disease.</p>

Guidelines for management of acute stroke including inclusion and exclusion criteria for the use of TPA and mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke. The chapter also covers stroke mimics, stroke syndromes with diagrams of location and relevant vasculature, and the NIH stroke scale.

<p>Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of convulsive status epilepticus (SE) and non-convulsive status epilepticus.</p>

Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-ICU) tool used to diagnose and monitor delirium in ICU patients.

Lab values and references for all of the labs you encounter everyday. Included in this list, complete blood cell count, metabolic panels, rheumatology labs, antibody patterns and disease associations, arterial blood gases, coagulation and more.

Comparative Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) compositions for different conditions. Includes comparison of cell type, wbc, pressure, glucose, protein, and miscellaneous testing options for bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis, herpes encephalitis and many other conditions.

HIV basics with screening guidelines, disease testing, antiretrovirals and initial treatment regimens. Listing of CD4+ counts and complications.

Clearly organized chart detailing the various Gram + and Gram - bacteria as well as fungi classifications. Antibiotic chart to help you select the right coverage based on the bacteria.

Clinical practice guidelines for sepsis based on the latest recommendations (2021) for recognition, diagnosis and treatment of SIRS, Sepsis and Septic Shock. Guidelines use SOFA criteria in the diagnosis of Sepsis.&nbsp;

Diagnostic aid points for osteopathic manipulative medicine to aid in connecting internal pain to specific pathology.

Chapter reviews the core osteopathic techniques and exam principles. Possible treatments are included along with Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy Medicine contraindications.