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Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Pathogenesis and risk factors ... Leukemia) • GI diseases ... liver or kidney disease ... • Lifestyle Factors ... pathophysiology #signs
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and ... Signs of Copper ... Deficiency Risk Factors ... , Malnutrition Signs ... Deficiency #diagnosis #signs
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Findings Risk factor ... E4 allele Risk factors ... chromosome 21) Signs ... geriatrics #diagnosis #signs
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Pigmentosa Biochemical Factors ... Biomechanical Factors ... rubbing • Atopic diseases ... > Keratoconus Signs ... • Rizutti's Sign
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
the Infectious Disease ... and host/risk factors ... illness What: Key signs
Electrolyte imbalances are common findings in many diseases. The kidney is a principally responsible organ for
findings in many diseases ... parathyroid hormone, and factors ... broad range of signs ... presents with signs
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... develops • Risk factors ... vomiting • Fatigue Signs ... Reduced libido • Signs
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
the Nikolsky sign ... If these factors ... the Nikolsky sign ... includes Kawasaki disease ... fever or Nikolsky sign
Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
Sickle-cell disease ... by a variety of factors ... Sickle cell disease ... Crisis #Features #Signs
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... Inflammatory eye disease ... • Neurologic Disease ... tumor necrosis factor ... diagnosis #management #signs