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Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Increased Cell ... imports K+ into cells ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Natural Killer Cells ... • Humoral: (B cell ... : (T cell response ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell Leukemia - Physical examination revealed multiple exophytic subcutaneous lesions involving the arms and
Plasmacytomas and Plasma-Cell ... revealed 25% plasma cells ... Wright–Giemsa stain) #Clinical ... Leukemia #Smear #NEJM
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells ... ~10% - B-Cell ... Classification #pathophysiology ... #differential #algorithm
Nephron Remodeling as a Mechanism of Diuretic Resistance. When high doses of loop diuretics are used
convoluted tubule cells ... , principal cells ... and intercalated cells ... #Pathophysiology ... NephronRemodeling #NEJM
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
of Malignancy - Pathophysiology ... production: Small cell ... of lung, Renal Cell ... Hypercalcemia #Malignancy #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Type IV Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Unique because it is entirely T-Cell mediated; exposure to
Pathogenesis and clinical ... is entirely T-Cell ... allergen-specific T-Cell ... harmful -> Th Cells ... Allergy #Immunology #pathophysiology
Spur-Cell Anemia- A 31-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis, recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, and anemia presented
Spur-Cell Anemia ... consistent with spur-cell ... Spur cells acquire ... Spur-cell anemia ... #NEJM #clinical
Type II Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: When antigens bind to the body's cell surfaces, forming
Pathogenesis and clinical ... to the body's cell ... receptor on body cell ... -> B-Cells with ... Allergy #Immunology #pathophysiology
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... B and CD-4+ T cells ... CRP Neuronal cell ... surface targeted -> Cell ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology