The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease @TheCalgaryGuide
720.5K 398 156
Account created for The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease - Linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation - http://calgaryguide.ucalgary.ca/
Contributor Ranks
Latest Searches
118 results
pathophysiology symptoms psychiatry msk complications criteria mnemonic ophthalmology personalitydisorder syndrome behavioraldisorder orthopedics differential endocrinology acute pharmacology sideeffects urology anorexianervosa arteritis
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia) Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Viral replication causes ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Vasculitis
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
hair follicles -> causes ... Livedo Reticularis, Vasculitis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations Skin: • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
blood vessels (vasculitis ... inflammation tends to cause ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations Risk Factors: - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
yrs old; F>M Signs ... palpation - Vasculitic ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Vasculitis
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... Ataxia (early sign ... weakness (late sign ... #Myelopathy #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
the pancreas, Vasculitis ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... periumbilical region), nausea ... #HSP #IgA #Vasculitis ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications Signs/Symptoms: - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Complications Signs ... Complications #Signs ... #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #Vasculitis
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms • Back/Neck Pain • Decr Range of motion • Abnormal posturing •
Radiculopathy: Signs ... • Spurling's sign ... pain Lasegue's sign ... Radiculopathy #MSK #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
test • + Tinel sign ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign ... CubitalTunnel #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs
empty