Come and join us to learn about a commonly used class of medications in the Intensive care unit, i.e. Opioids. In this podcast, Maddi & I discuss about opioid receptors, pharmacology of opioids pertinent to the intensive care and a reversal agent, i.e. Naloxone.  Please provide your feedback @ icuprimaryprepcast@gmail.com  

#006- Opioids in ICU

This podcast is about Intensive care pharmacology and physiology. This is created to prepare intensive care trainees for their primary CICM exams. However, it will be of benefit to anyone who works in intensive care and keen to acquire new knowledge or want to refresh their memory.

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in this episode, we discuss the role of various receptors and describe the terms - partial agonist, antagonist, and inverse agonists.

#Epi 91 - ICU Primary Snippet 34 - Receptors - Agonist, Partial agonist and Inverse agonist

In this episode, we discuss the concept of venous admixture and the effect of supplemental oxygen on it in adults.

#Epi 90 - ICU Primary Snippet 33 - Venous Admixture and effect of Supplemental Oxygen

In this episode, we discuss the consequences of sudden and sustained afterload increase on the Left ventricle.

Epi 89 - ICU Primary Snippet 32 - Effect of sudden and sustained increase in afterload on LV.

In this episode, we discuss the differences between two diuretic medications - Furosemide and Acetazolamide.

#Epi 88 - ICU Primary Snippet 31 -Furosemide Vs Acetazolamide

In this episode, we discuss various opioid receptors, their characteristics, distribution and activation process.

#006- Opioids in ICU

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