The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease @TheCalgaryGuide
1.1M 411 160
Account created for The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease - Linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation - http://calgaryguide.ucalgary.ca/
Contributor Ranks
Latest Searches
10 results
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Allergic reaction -> Benign ... decr intake -> Withdrawal ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Akathisia • SSRI Withdrawal ... Serotonin #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology #
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... life-threatening (exceptions being ... symptoms are more acute ... The less acute behavioral ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Side Effects Withdrawal ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology #
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
almost always a benign ... #SideEffects #endocrinology ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... inflammation #BPH #Benign ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: the Uterine Cycle
The endometrium has receptors for ovarian hormones! Changes in structure and
the progesterone withdrawal ... the progesterone withdrawal ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology ... #UterineCycle #endocrinology
Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications

 • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal ... Asthma. or sense of being ... Benzodiazepine #BZD #withdrawal ... #pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Benign Prostatic ... Hydronephrosis, Acute ... stones #BPH #Benign ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
Alcohol Withdrawal ... onset of alcohol withdrawal ... Alcohol withdrawal ... Seizures - Usually begin ... #Pathophysiology