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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Pathophysiology: ... • Normal exercise ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Alcohol Withdrawal Summary

Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Cause, Course, Management 

#Diagnosis #Management #Pathophysiology #Alcohol #Withdrawal #Symptoms
Withdrawal Summary Pathophysiology ... , Symptoms, Cause ... , Course, Management ... #Diagnosis # ... Management #Pathophysiology
Pathogenesis of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders: A maladaptive emotional state causing fear,
worry, and excessive stress, characterized by:
foreboding or apprehension ... Imbalance and/or abnormal ... Anxiety #Disorders #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Causes of Abnormal Genital Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
 • Medical (e.g. coagulopathy, liver disease, renal
Causes of Abnormal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Infection • Trauma Vagina ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Risk factors: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Psychological comorbidity, Helicobacter pylori infection,
Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology ... Management Risk ... a structurally normal ... Functional #Dyspepsia #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Amblyopia - Lazy Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Deprivational - Obstruction of Visual Axis:
 • Ptosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Strabismic - Abnormal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
reexposed to light; • Normal ... females Differential Diagnosis ... Ill Palsy - abnormal ... dissociation • Other causes ... PhysicalExam #neurology #ophthalmology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
and Management ... marrow) -dys- (abnormal ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... acute leukemia Management ... #Management #treatment
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
WPW is caused by ... presence of an abnormal ... traveling down this abnormal ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
has a number of causes ... Children and aging ... Causes include ... Abnormalities #Abnormal ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam