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Hypothermia in Sepsis - Pathophysiology
 • 20% of septic pts → HYPOTHERMIA
 • Increased mortality 62%
proinflammatory cytokines ... anti-inflammatory cytokine
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Epithelioid cells → cytokines ... anterior/posterior MSK
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
Inhibition of cytokine ... Inhibition of cytokine
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Pathogenesis

 • Genetic factors (Mutations in HLA- DR2/HLA-DR3 genes, complement genes, cytokine
complement genes, cytokine ... of inflammatory cytokines
Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
irritants, release cytokines ... release inflammatory cytokines ... of inflammatory cytokines
Cutaneous Manifestations of Monoclonal Gammopathy
 • Extravascular lg Deposits: Systemic amyloidosis, Nodular amyloidosis, Macroglobulinoderma, Follicular hyperkeratotic
Xanthomatosis • Cytokine
Pathophysiology of Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis

C1q/anti-C1q antibiody ->
Immune Complex Formation - Complement Pathway Activation (C3a and C5a)
Anaphylatoxins, Chemokines, Cytokines
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
alter inflammatory cytokine
Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
prior to my first MSK ... Diagnosis #Location #MSK
Radius and Ulna Anatomy

By @rev.med

#Radius #Ulna #Anatomy #Bones #orthopedics #MSK
#orthopedics #MSK