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Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
macrognathia), ↑ hand ... GH stimulates liver ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Kidney stones caused ... Postoperative abdominal ... distention • Abdominal ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
S Pathophysiology ... DIC • Severe Liver ... + Bleeding Treatment ... Treat primary cause ... #treatment #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... Ohio River valleys ... by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • Serology