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Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Side Effects • Decr ... relaxant • Decr ... fear, Decr panic ... and Decr phobia ... • Decr cerebral
Decompressive Craniectomy in Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury (DECRA)

In adults with severe diffuse traumatic brain injury and
Brain Injury (DECRA ... stevemathieu75 #DECRA
Mechanisms Driving Increased Thrombosis and Bleeding in Liver Disease
Increased Thrombosis 
Increased Platelet-Vesset Wall Interaction 
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Factor VIII • Decr ... Protein S • Decr ... Antithrombin • Decr ... Fibrinolysis • Decr
Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL)
 • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation
 • TRH has
Hypothalamus -> Decr ... GnRH secretion -> Decr ... FSH/LH -> Decr ... estradiol in females, Decr ... Limbic System -> Decr
Cardiac Maneuvers and Effects on Murmurs

Valsalva Standing - Decr BIood Return to LV
Laying Down, Squatting, Straight
Valsalva Standing - Decr ... Amyl Nitrate - Decr ... Afterload Post PVC - Decr
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
tadalafil) -> Decr ... dutasteride) -> Decr ... antagonism -> Decr ... production -> Decr ... - NSAlDs -> Decr
Effects of H1 Antihistamines at Histamine, Adrenergic, Cholinergic, and Serotonin-Binding Receptors
Cholinergic - Incr Dry mouth, Incr
Histamine H1 - Decr ... and rhinorrhea, Decr ... Incr Sedation, Decr
Pathogenesis of Select Causes of Constipation in Adults and in Elderly

 • Mechanical (ex. Bowel Obstruction,
-> Incr Ca2+ = Decr ... in neurons -> Decr ... smooth muscle -> Decr ... intestinal wall -> Decr ... of the colon -> Decr
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Post-menopausal women -> Decr ... smoking, etoh, decr
Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Negative feedback on hypothalamus/pituitary, Decreasing ACTH -> Decr Sex
Decreasing ACTH -> Decr ... and action -> Decr ... osteocytes -> Decr