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Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL)
 • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation
 • TRH has
Loop: Prolactin (PRL ... ) • PRL levels ... stimulatory effect on PRL ... #Prolactin #PRL ... #FeedbackLoop #
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
GrowthHormone #GH #FeedbackLoop
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
associated with PR3 ... involvement - PR3 ... 75-90%, rarely PR3 ... disease - MPO>PR3 ... + almost 100%, PR3
Primary Amenorrhea Differential Diagnosis Framework

Workup:
 • β-HCG, TSH and PRL
 • Breast Tanner Staging
 • FSH,
β-HCG, TSH and PRL
Antipsychotic Side Effect Profiles (Typical / AtypicaI)

Listed by Extrapyramidal Side Effects (EPSE), Weight Gain, Elevated Prolactin
Elevated Prolactin (PRL
Hypertension in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pre-existing Hypertension - Before Pregnancy OR <20 weeks gestational age
Diagnosis Algorithm Pre-existing ... Conditions • Pre-existing ... Hypertension with Pre-Eclampsia ... Hypertension with Pre-Eclampsia ... • Pre-Eclampsia
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
polyangiitis - MPO>PR3 ... polyangiitis - PR3 ... involvement - PR3 ... Churg-Strauss) - MPO>PR3 ... disease - MPO>PR3
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
: diet rich in pre ... Budesonide Foam PR ... , Enema PR • Caution ... combination PO/PR ... tolerated than PR
Second Degree AV Block Type I aka Mobitz I / Wenckebach 
 • Normal P waves.
• The PRI progressively ... • As the PRI ... • The PRI (may ... last conducted PRI ... increment in the PRI
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
PR interval ... • As the PRI ... • The PRI (may ... last conducted PRI ... increment in the PRI