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Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer's (99% of cases ... Motor dysfunction: myoclonic ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... #pathophysiology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • HIV dementia ... Pathophysiology ... integrity of the blood-brain ... penetrance through the blood-brain ... motor slowing and ataxia
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Physiologic Causes ... Pulse pressure - associated ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
assessment findings associated ... epilepticus • Pathophysiology ... system injury (with associated ... The predominant pathophysiologic ... • Pathophysiology
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
Association, which is classes ... system to circulate blood ... is frequently associated ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
autosomal recessive blood ... go on to block blood ... Crises can be precipitated ... and are usually associated ... The underlying pathophysiology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
WPW is caused by ... pathway between the atria ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Syncope / Exercise Associated ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... electrolyte losses - Ataxia ... muscle function, Ataxia ... differential #diagnosis #causes
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
system to circulate blood ... is frequently associated ... flare ups that cause ... #Management #Cardiology
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
On the left a case ... the peripheral blood ... pneumonia is usually associated ... the peripheral blood ... #Clinical #Radiology