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Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
• Arthritic Changes ... Rotated Leg • Shortened
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
Hyperkalemia shortens ... repolarization; changes ... Hyperkalemia #EKG #ECG #Changes
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
thickened and shortened ... - Age-related changes
West Haven Criteria for Hepatic Encephalopathy Grading
Grade 1 
 - Trivial lack of awareness 
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or anxiety - Shortened ... Subtle personality change
Cardiac Myocyte Contractile cycle
 - Ca2+ binds to TnC → TnI is inhibited → conformational change
conformational change ... progressively shorten
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Altered sleep, Shortened ... apathy, Personality change
Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin) reflects the average blood glucose concentration over the course of the RBC
indication of the changes ... Rapid changes in ... Shortened RBC life ... circulation is shortened
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
(GDS) 10-Item Shortened ... Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened
Patients with large hip fractures often present with an externally rotated and shortened lower extremity. However,
externally rotated and shortened
Antiarrhythmics Pharmacology Summary
Cardiac Conduction Phases:
Phase 0 - Ventricular Depolarization:
 • Na+ channels open leading to a
Depolarization: • Na+ channels ... Phase • Ca++ channels ... Potential: • K+ channels ... CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel ... Block fast Na+ channels