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Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
Pathogenesis and clinical ... and swelling may improve ... #ACL #Injury #MSK
Initial treatment of renal bone disease and cinacalcet for secondary hyperparathyroidism
Phosphate binders reduce hyperphosphataemia and hyperparathyroidism.
phosphate binders also improve ... Calcitriol improves
Differentiating Features Between Central and Peripheral Cyanosis

Mechanism - Arterial destauration
Sites - Skin, mucous membrane of oral
Pulmonary cause can improve ... Cyanosis same or improves
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
endothelin - Effect: improves ... metabolism - Effect: improves ... Effect: shown to improve ... 1 study showed improved
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
fibrillation) and IMPROVE ... studies suggest net clinical ... risk #HASBLED #IMPROVE
Hypertonic Saline for Treatment of Hyponatremic Encephalopathy
1) 100 ml bolus of 3% NaCl over 10 min.
May repeat until clinical ... Symptoms improve ... responsive with improved
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Long-term β-blocker improves ... added anyway to improve ... blockers resulting in improved
How SGLT2 inhibitors block glucose reabsorption in proximal tubule and improve systemic glucose homeostasis:
https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(18)30633-4/fulltext

#Pathophysiology #Mechanism #Nephrology
proximal tubule and improve
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
SaO2 > 90%) • Improves ... Hyperbaric O2 • Improves
The more we learn the heart the more we improve our “temporal resolution” at understanding a
heart the more we improve