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Inflammatory, Immunologic, and Pathobiologic Features Leading to Severe Asthma. #Pathophysiology #Asthma #Mechanism #Leukotriene #Type2 #Inflammatory #Immunologic
Inflammatory, Immunologic ... #Pathophysiology ... Leukotriene #Type2 #Inflammatory ... #Immunologic #NEJM
Iron Deficiency Anemia vs Anemia of Chronic Disease - Laboratory Testing

SUMMARY:
 - RDW, FEP, serum iron,
Iron Deficiency ... RDW, FEP, serum iron ... , saturation-worthless ... - Bone marrow iron ... in underlying inflammatory
Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
Inflammatory mechanism ... switching and maturation ... #asthma #pathophysiology ... #inflammatory # ... immunology
X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID): Pathogenesis and clinical findings

#SCID #SevereCombinedImmunodeficiency #XLinked #pathophysiology #immunology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... SevereCombinedImmunodeficiency #XLinked #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Inflammatory Cascade ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... cell activity #Inflammatory ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Iron Deficiency ... Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... an increase in inflammatory ... absorption and iron ... Treatment - IV Iron
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
storage form of iron ... absorption of iron ... Iron overload - ... Check the iron saturation ... overload from inflammatory
Anaphylaxis: Pathogenesis
Anaphylaxis is a Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction
While the primary mechanism of anaphylaxis is mast cell
production of inflammatory ... Recruitment of inflammatory ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology ... #immunology
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... involved in B cell maturation ... BTK -> Impaired maturation ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology ... #immunology
Type III Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Small antigen-antibody complexes (produced from normal immune response to
Pathogenesis and clinical ... HypersensitivityReaction #Allergy #Immunology ... #pathophysiology