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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
, urinary risk factors ... Composition #Shapes #Table ... #RiskFactors
Risk factors for atherosclerosis

Modifiable risk factors:
 - Dyslipidemia (elevated LDL, decreased HDL)
 - Tobacco smoking
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Risk factors for ... Modifiable risk factors ... Non-modifiable risk factors ... for females) #Pathophysiology ... Atherosclerosis #RiskFactors
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) - Predisposing risk factors

Iatrogenic/Drugs, Behavioral, Anatomic/Physiologic and Genetic

#Pathophysiology #UTI #UrinaryTract #Infection #RiskFactors
Predisposing risk factors ... and Genetic #Pathophysiology ... UrinaryTract #Infection #RiskFactors
Table 2 summarizes screening recommendations based on risk factors.
#Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #ColonCancer #Colonoscopy #Screening #RiskFactors #Starting #Age
Table 2 summarizes ... based on risk factors ... Colonoscopy #Screening #RiskFactors
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TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
patientsl • Risk factors ... blood donor • Pathophysiology ... patients • Risk factors ... transfusion • Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Risk Factors for Septic Arthritis
Contiguous spread

Skin infection, cutaneous ulcers

Direct inoculation

Previous intraarticular injection

Prosthetic joint: early and delayed
Risk Factors for ... early and delayed (Table ... Prosthetic joint: late (Table ... arthritis) Other factors ... Infective #Arthritis #RiskFactors
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More recently, Anvari 2015 analyzed abdominal pressures among 53 patients admitted to a medical ICU with
least two risk factors ... hypertension (table ... EBM #Diagnosis #RiskFactors
Pathogenesis of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders: A maladaptive emotional state causing fear,
worry, and excessive stress, characterized by:
related to hormonal factors ... less internal locus ... Anxiety #Disorders #Pathophysiology
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
Risk factors Defining ... characteristics alone (See Table ... Fleischner #Risk #Factors ... #RiskFactors #PulmonaryNodule
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • DM risk factor ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable