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Vitamin D Metabolism
Fat-soluble vitamin
Sources: dermal synthesis and food (dairy products, fish)
Active form: calcitriol (1,25-OH Vitamin D)
Main
Vitamin D Metabolism ... Fat-soluble vitamin ... #Metabolism #endocrinology ... #pathophysiology ... #Cholecalciferol
Rachitic Rosary of Rickets on Physical Exam

Bead-like prominences of bone are seen at the costochondral joints.
mineralization causes ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #chest # ... Ribs #VitaminD # ... deficiency #endocrinology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
from hormonal and metabolic ... severe clinical ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... • Pellagra • Vitamin ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... out of cells may cause ... Due to neuronal metabolism ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology ... #endocrinology
Myoedema in Hypothyroidism on Physical Exam

Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome resulting from the production, secretion or
Hypothyroidism is a clinical ... (shown in the video ... reflex hammer, caused ... #video #neurology ... #endocrinology
Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) and Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology
ICH Management:
1. Manage Blood Pressure
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Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology ... Warfarin: Octaplex + Vitamin ... = dilated BV = raises ... • Increased metabolic ... #neurology #neurosurgery
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
heart failure, neurologic ... hypokalemia and metabolic ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Neurologic disorders
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... deficiency • Vitamin ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... respiratory failure • Neurologic ... Nephrolithiasis • Metabolic
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Caused commonly ... Pathophysiology: ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #neurology #posture ... #video
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause