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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
TIPS involves the creation of a low-resistance pathway between a hepatic vein
• Refractory ascites ... Contraindications: • Active
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
by inoculating ascitic ... Culture-negative neutrocytic ascites ... Diuretics ↑ ascitic ... or TMP-SMX • Active ... mortality • Ascitic
Renal Actions of Diuretics

#Diuretics #Sites #Action #Nephron #Pharmacology #Nephrology
Renal Actions of ... #Diuretics #Sites ... #Action #Nephron
Cardiac Myocyte Contractile cycle
 - Ca2+ binds to TnC → TnI is inhibited → conformational change
tropomyosin that exposes active ... site between actin ... interact with active ... sites on actin ... ” myosin along actin
Hormones acting on the kidney - Nephron map

#Hormones #Nephron #Sites #Action #Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Renal #Kidney
Hormones acting ... Hormones #Nephron #Sites ... #Action #Pathophysiology
Hormones acting on the kidney

#Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Renal #Kidney #Hormones #Nephron #Sites #Action

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Hormones acting ... Hormones #Nephron #Sites ... #Action ** GrepMed
Antidiarrheal Medications and their sites of action

#Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Antidiarrheal #Medications #Sites #Action
Medications and their sites ... of action #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Sites ... #Action
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Diagnosis of ascites ... according to the serum ascites ... SAAG ≥ 1.1: - Ascitic ... metastases - Ascitic ... Tuberculosis #SAAG #ascites
Sites of Action of Drugs that Interfere with the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system

#ReninAngiotensinAldosterone #RAAS #System #Pharmacology #Targets #Sites
Sites of Action ... Pharmacology #Targets #Sites ... #Action
Antibiotic Pharmacology - Sites of Action

Cullen Lilley, MS, MDxT(AAB) @cullen_lilley

#Antibiotics #Pharmacology #Sites #Action #mechanism
Pharmacology - Sites ... of Action Cullen ... #Pharmacology #Sites ... #Action #mechanism