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Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Elevation == Decreased ... Asplenia Laboratory Interference ... Reduction == Increase ... HgbA1c #Laboratory #Increase ... #Decrease #Diagnosis
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Both can decrease ... larger VT and decreases ... In CHF, decreases ... In COPD, decreases ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Negative feedback on hypothalamus/pituitary, Decreasing ACTH -> Decr Sex
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Factors (GF's) • Decrease ... Osteocytes • Increase ... Bone Resorption, Decreased
ECMO circuit chatter - rhythmic pulsations in the drainage catheter/tubing leading to the pump
CHATTER occurs when
of CHATTER: - decrease ... reposition to increase ... ECMO #chatter #clinical ... #video #criticalcare
Reported Mechanisms and Toxicity of Investigational Treatments for SARS-COV-2
Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine
 • Mechanisms: Interference with ligand
• Mechanisms: Interference ... ligand binding, interference ... into cytosol, decreased ... • Mechanism: Interference
Muehrcke's Lines (Leukonychia striata)
Narrow while transverse lines (Not depressed, compared to Beau's lines). Usually 2 or
Seen in states of decreased ... protein synthesis or increase ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Progressive increase ... coapting urethra -> Decreased ... strength causing Decreased ... sphincter unit; Decreased
Hoover's sign on Physical Exam
Paradoxical retraction of the lower intercostal spaces on inspiration
Pulmonary hyperinflation → flattening
flattened diaphragm decreases ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Breathing
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
respiration and decreases ... • As the heart decreases ... wave amplitude decrease ... electrocardiogram #variants #clinical
Magnetic Gait

Magnetic walking is an abnormality of walking marked by the inability to lift your feet
This results in a decrease ... mobility and an increase ... Gait #Walking #clinical ... #video #Neurology