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Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Adult form: Less ... • Pernicious anemia ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... respiratory failure • Neurologic
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Guidelines for Crises ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... • Diagnostic ... • Fluid bolus (Adult ... Guidelines for crises
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Clinical Presentation ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... (MAHA) Pathophysiology ... Biopsy to confirm diagnosis ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
lobe is unable to cross ... Pathophysiology: ... #Agraphia #clinical ... #neurology #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Hypertensive crisis ... may precede the neurologic ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... #management #neurology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
- Pathophysiology ... the Journal of Clinical ... mL in a 70 kg adult ... deficiencies • Renal ... of renal disease
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... transplantation CLINICAL ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #management #neurology