Newsletter Heart Block Poem Heart Block Poem: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Degree Types and ECG Rhythm Explained Heart blocks poem is an easy way to explain the different types of AV blocks and their ECG (EKG) rhythms! Example rhythm strips included. Great for nursing, USMLE, and medical learners! Get Lifetime Access to 570+ Medical Presentations If […]
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Newsletter Bone Marrow Aspiration & Trephine Biopsy Procedure Contents Indications Preparing the patient Contraindications Instruments Procedure Transporting the specimen Complications Indication for Bone Marrow Aspiration Diagnostic : Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Aplastic Anemia Leukemia Megaloblastic Anemia Infections e.g. Kala Azar Storage disorders e.g. Gaucher’s disease Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) Myelofibrosis Therapeutic : Bone Marrow Transplantation […]
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Sarcoidosis An inflammatory multisystem disease characterized by the presence of noncaseating granulomas of unknown etiology. PATHOPHYSIOLOGYThe cause of sarcoid is unknown, and current evidence suggests that the triggering of an inflammatory response by an unidentified antigen in a genetically susceptible host is involved. The granuloma is the pathologic hallmark of sarcoidosis. The initial inflammatory response is […]
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Amyloidosis Amyloidosis is a term for a group of diseases that are due to the extracellular deposition of insoluble polymeric protein fibrils in organs and tissues. Clinical manifestations depend on anatomic distribution and intensity of amyloid protein deposition and range from local deposition with little significance to involvement of virtually any organ system with severe […]
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Newsletter How do you get diabetes? Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a syndrome of chronic hyperglycaemiadue to relative insulin deficiency, resistance or both.Diabetes is usually irreversible and, although patients can lead a reasonably normal lifestyle, its late complications result in reduced life expectancy and major health costs.These include macrovascular disease, leading to an increased prevalence of […]
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Newsletter Lumbar Puncture Previous Next Click the button below to Download 500+ High-Yield Medical Presentations and eBooks Get Lifetime Access to 500+ Medical Presentations and eBooks Share this : Library Anatomy Anesthesiology Biochemistry Cardiology Dermatology Emergency Endocrinology ENT Examinations Forensic Med. Obs. & Gynae. Hematology Medicine Microbiology Nephrology Neurology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Paediatrics Parasitology Pathology […]
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Newsletter Finger Clubbing Clubbing is painless soft-tissue swelling of the terminal phalanges. The enlargement increases convexity of the nail. It may be produced by growth factors from megakaryocytes and platelets lodged in nail bed capillaries stimulating vascular connective tissue.It is an important sign of major diseases, although itmay be congenital. It usually takes weeks or months […]
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Newsletter Medicine Mnemonics Previous Next Click the button below to Download 500+ High-Yield Medical Presentations and eBooks Get Lifetime Access to 500+ Medical Presentations and eBooks Share this : Meningitis and Ventriculitis Newsletter Meningitis and Ventriculitis Meningitis describes inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord, most commonly and most… How to Study […]
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Factors predisposing to Osteoarthritis(OA) Obesity: Predicts later risk of radiological and symptomatic OA of the hip and hand in population studies Heredity: Familial tendency to develop nodal and generalized OA Gender: Polyarticular OA is more common in women; a higher prevalence after the menopause suggests a role for sex hormones Hypermobility : Increased range of […]
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