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Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
thickened and shortened ... - Age-related changes ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
(GDS) 10-Item Shortened ... Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened
Nail Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nail Plate Abnormality
 - Trachyonychia
 - Discoloration
 - Onycholysis
 - Pitting
Nail Changes - Differential ... Inflammation #Nail #Changes ... #fingernails #Differential
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
• Arthritic Changes ... Rotated Leg • Shortened
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Without Sensory Changes ... - Differential ... With Sensory Changes ... Without Sensory Changes ... Sensory #Neurology #Differential
Physiologic changes of geriatric patients
-Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)

#GeriatricTrauma #Physiology #Trauma #EMS #differential #diagnosis
Physiologic changes ... #Trauma #EMS #differential
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
Hyperkalemia shortens ... repolarization; changes ... Hyperkalemia #EKG #ECG #Changes
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
cotransporter, K channel ... , Cl channel, or ... barrtin (recruits Cl channel ... epithelial sodium channels ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential
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