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Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... Passive neck flexion causes ... While the pathophysiology ... for the hip/knee ... is that hip and knee
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Central Retinal Artery ... retinal edema caused ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Ophthalmic Artery ... hyalinization causes ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Call for ultrasound ... pericardiocentesis (Box B). ❽ After ... re-assess using ultrasound ... examination and vital signs ... • Ideally use ultrasound
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... within morulae Signs ... • 5-14 days after ... is rare (< 10% cases ... ), cough (30% cases
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
after Dr. ... conditions that cause ... Pathophysiology: ... pregnancy, or other causes ... appears several days after
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
share the same pathophysiology ... GH excess after ... • Other rare causes ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... endocrinology #pathophysiology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Valgus position of knee ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
insufficiency shortly after ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs ... • Pathophysiology
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Superior mesenteric artery ... patient is in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes