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Age Related Physiologic Changes and Anesthesia Implications

 - Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD

#Geriatrics #Aging #Anesthesia
Related Physiologic Changes ... Implications - Mark Harris ... #Geriatrics #Aging ... #Anesthesia #Pathophysiology ... #Changes #AgeRelated
Systematic changes affecting anesthesia in the obese patient.

 - Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD

#Obesity #Anesthesiology
Systematic changes ... - Mark Harris ... Anesthesia #Obese #Pathophysiology ... #Changes #Effects
Hypothermia in Anesthesiology - Avoiding Hypothermia and Physiologic Changes with Hypothermia

Avoiding hypothermia: 

1. temperature in OR
and Physiologic Changes ... humidifier - Mark Harris ... Anesthesiology #Pathophysiology ... #Changes #Physiologic
Disc Herniations - Pathogenesis and Complications
• 90% of Lumbar disc herniations happen at L4/5 and L5/S1
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happen at C6/7 Aging ... complications #msk ... #pathophysiology
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Heart disease - Aging ... - Altered ion channel ... AFib #Cardiology #Pathophysiology
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
• Arthritic Changes ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Serum K, Mg, Ca -> Changes ... Constipation - MSK ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
and Medications Aging ... outflow - 5-ARIs ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
lymph and blood channels ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
mucocutaneous changes ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... hemorrhages • Corkscrew hairs ... weeks #Scurvy #Pathophysiology ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology