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NSAIDS and their effects on the Kidney - Pathophysiology

Arachidonic Acid metabolites into alternative pathways that modify
effects on the Kidney ... - Pathophysiology ... Minimal Change Disease ... immune reaction • Acute ... KidneyDisease #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... malignancies Treatment ... #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #Nephrology
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 ... Silicosis • Chronic kidney ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
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 ... Silicosis • Chronic kidney ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Torsemide) • Acute ... disease • Liddle ... hyperaldosteronism • Acute ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... tendency to fall • Triggers ... superimposed spasms triggered ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... extrapulmonary disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... epilepticus Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... : Unknown trigger ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... steroids for severe disease
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
reactivation of latent ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology