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Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... • Acute and chronic ... Papilledema #Chronic ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... : Chronic heart ... improvement in symptoms ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
findings Acute or Chronic ... Otitis Media -> Stage ... are connected) Stage ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
PSC) PSC is a chronic ... progression to end-stage ... Care focuses on symptom ... ERCP, and end-stage ... management #summary #Hepatology
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
of nutritional status ... complications of chronic ... of nutritional status ... diet #management #hepatology ... #pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Malnutrition due to chronic ... Post-operative state ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
The symptoms of ... hypercoagulable states ... pathophysiology: ... chronic & complex
Anemia of Chronic Disease - Pathophysiology
One theory to explain why "anemia of chronic disease" exists:
The inflammatory
Anemia of Chronic ... Disease - Pathophysiology ... to lock up iron stores ... #disease #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
-15, IL-17) -> Chronic ... , frequency Chronic ... UTIs & bladder stones ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... Urology #Signs #Symptoms
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
thigh bones -> chronic ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology