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Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
Erectile Dysfunction ... trauma, iatrogenic, diabetes ... and rigidity Endocrinologic ... hyperlipidemia, diabetes ... (penile artery diameter
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications ... Hyperprolactinemia • Diabetes ... • Hypothalamic dysfunction ... #SideEffects #endocrinology
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases): - Increasing
chromosome 21) Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications ... Executive planning dysfunction ... concentration • Motor dysfunction ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... pathophysiology #endocrinology ... #diabetes
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Polyol Pathway - Excess glucose enters Polyol pathway ->
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis ... increasing cytogenetic dysfunction ... neuropathy => Diabetic ... pathophysiology #complications ... #Diabetes
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... /Complications: ... Obesity -> Type 2 diabetes
Cauda Equina Syndrome Causes: • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central) • Severe lumbar spondylosis • Neoplasm
spine Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications ... bladder/bowel dysfunction ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #symptoms
Upper Urinary Tract infection (UUTI): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Predisposing Factors: - Immunocompromised, Diabetes, - Elderly, Female
Immunocompromised, Diabetes ... lower tract: As a complication ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... pathophysiology #genetics #endocrinology
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
cystitis, UTI), diabetes ... Incr PVR if a complication ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
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