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Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications

 • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
Benzodiazepine ( ... clinical findings and complications ... sudden death #Benzodiazepine ... #pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Benzodiazepines: ... Depression #Benzodiazepines ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology ... #pathophysiology
Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Complications of ... neck stiffness, BBD ... infections #Measles #Complications ... signs #symptoms #pathophysiology
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
tumour, stone, BPH ... Incr PVR if a complication ... Incontinence #Mixed #Pathophysiology
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Clinical Findings and Complications ... alcohol and/or benzodiazepines ... Withdrawal #Opiate #Pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
inflammation #BPH ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following:
 • Conjunctivitis
 • Polymorphous
Findings Diagnostic Criteria ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... Kawasaki #Disease #Criteria ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications
CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES
 - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval
 - Structural: Reduced
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications ... Functional: Low BP ... Death - Cardiac complications ... AnorexiaNervosa #Complications ... #pathophysiology