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Sequential Approach to the Uremic Patient with Pruritus 

Optimize dialysis adequacy 
Use biocompatible membranes for HD
Sequential Approach ... antagonists, naltroxono, tacro ... , kototifen Sequential ... Pruritis #Management #Sequential
Autoimmune Gastritis - Pathophysiology

Anti-ParietaI Cell, CD4+ T Cells, Autoantibodies -> x Parietal Cells, x HCL, x
Autoimmune Gastritis - Pathophysiology ... Anti-ParietaI Cell, CD4 ... Autoimmune #Gastritis #Pathophysiology
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
TAFRO TAFRO syndrome ... Organomegaly TAFRO ... lymph nodes TAFRO ... (iMCD-TAFRO) and ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology
Right Ventricular Structure and Function

- Almost 75 % of the RV systolic function is dependent in
contraction is sequential ... Ventricle #Cardiology #Pathophysiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection (CDI ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... x 10d • 1st CDI ... for recurrent CDI ... IDSA 2021 CDI
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
IL-2 Muromonab-CD3 ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Inflammatory mechanism of asthma. 
Airway epithelial cells exposed to activation stimuli, including allergens, viruses, and irritants,
dendritic cell (DC ... activate naive CD4 ... #asthma #pathophysiology
Cellular and humoral immune responses of the adaptive immune system. Activated T cells accomplish cellular immune
associated with CD4 ... or CD8, depending ... ImmuneResponses #immunology #pathophysiology
How dendritic cells (DCs) orchestrate adaptive immunity
1- Sensing of microbial and damage signals by DCs
2- Phenotypic
activation 3- DC ... immunity #immunology #pathophysiology