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Hemostasis Physiology

The blood's response to blood vessel injury can be viewed as four interrelated steps. 
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to coagulation factors ... PF-3, platelet factor ... #Hemostasis #Pathophysiology
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
either a clotting factor ... inhibitor of normal factor ... Patient has a factor ... Patient has a factor ... diagnosis #hematology #pathophysiology
Review of the Coagulation Cascade
Traditional Model:
 • Parallel extrinsic and intrinsic pathways.
Contemporary Model:
 • 4 key
activated clotting factor ... caused by tissue factor's ... intrinsic X-ase; factors ... cross-linked by Factor ... models #hematology #pathophysiology
Autoimmune Gastritis - Pathophysiology

Anti-ParietaI Cell, CD4+ T Cells, Autoantibodies -> x Parietal Cells, x HCL, x
Autoimmune Gastritis - Pathophysiology ... HCL, x Intrinsic Factor ... Autoimmune #Gastritis #Pathophysiology
Fig. 1 Pathophysiology of septic myocardial dysfunction. IL interleukin, iNOS induced nitric oxide synthase, PMN polymorphonuclear
Fig. 1 Pathophysiology ... tumor necrosis factor ... #Pathophysiology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
Environmental Risk Factors: Geographic location, Smoking, Microbial triggers, Xenobiotics, Nail polish
Epigentics Risk
Biliary Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology ... Environmental Risk Factors ... Epigentics Risk Factors ... Genetic Risk Factors ... relative with PBC Pathophysiology
Mechanisms Driving Increased Thrombosis and Bleeding in Liver Disease
Increased Thrombosis 
Increased Platelet-Vesset Wall Interaction 
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von Willebrand factor ... Generation • Incr Factor ... Clot #Cirrhosis #Pathophysiology
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Findings Risk factor ... E4 allele Risk factors ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology
Synthesis, metabolism and functions of vitamin D. PTH parathyroid hormone, FGF-23 fibroblast growth factor-23, RANKL receptor
fibroblast growth factor ... VitaminD #Metabolism #Pathophysiology
The biotrauma hypothesis of ventilator-induced lung injury. IL = interleukin; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
tumor necrosis factor ... #Pathophysiology