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Calcium homeostasis is a process controlled by chiefly by hormones vitamin D and PTH. 
Vitamin D
chiefly by hormones vitamin ... Vitamin D enters ... synthesis in the skin ... #Pathophysiology ... #Endocrinology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... integrity of: • Skin ... Muscle cramping Skin ... vasculitis Treatment ... #Pathophysiology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
, hair growth, skin ... tags, skin thickening ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) and Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology
ICH Management:
1. Manage Blood Pressure
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Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology ... ICH Management ... lidocaine, +/- pre-treatment ... Warfarin: Octaplex + Vitamin ... #neurosurgery #management
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Diagnosis and Management ... arterial thrombosis, skin ... ♀, ↑Age, ESRD Pathophysiology ... exposure (prevent skin ... #Treatment #Hematology
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... anemia, yellow skin ... palpitations), skin ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... Deficiency #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... organism into the skin ... Mouth, throat, skin ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • Tuberculin skin ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... MS) • Check Vitamin ... Deficiency: - Vitamin ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • Tuberculin skin ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB