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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
of bowel lumen Complete ... pain and related symptoms ... bowel-movements (suggests complete ... light-switch pain") with complete ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
schema of the pathophysiology ... metabolism, excluding complex ... connections and pathophysiology ... presentations in acute ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
vascular event -> Complete ... > Often mimics complete ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome -> Complete ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... adhesion of IgA complexes ... Formation of immune complexes ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... immunofluorescence Immune Complex ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
antigen-antibody complexes ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms ... #Vasculitis
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
Acute limb ischemia ... The symptoms of ... thromboembolic disease, vasculitis ... pathophysiology: ... chronic & complex
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... metformin binds to complexes ... gastrointestinal distress and acute ... also includes symptoms
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
inflammation (complex ... Livedo Reticularis, Vasculitis ... Manifestations #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... walking to nearly complete ... than one after symptom ... the underlying pathophysiology