The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease @TheCalgaryGuide
744.4K 398 156
Account created for The Calgary Guide to Understanding Disease - Linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation - http://calgaryguide.ucalgary.ca/
Contributor Ranks
Latest Searches
15 results
Type I Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Production of lgE Antibodies that bind to harmless allergens
leading to an allergic ... Sensitization" to Allergen ... Initial exposure to allergen ... after clearance of allergen ... cells recruited Complications
Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Immunological Target: Allergen ... fever, Urticaria, Allergic ... Hypersensitivity #Allergy ... #Allergic #Reactions ... #Types #Classification
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Clinical Features and Complications ... Gustilo-Anderson Classification ... GustiloAnderson #Classification ... Fractures #Diagnosis #Complications ... #MSK #Orthopedics
Spondylosis - Pathogenesis and Complications

Vertebral disease that may compress the vertebral canal from all sides
Note: Do
Pathogenesis and Complications ... pathophysiology #msk ... #complications
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Classification of ... Clinical Features and Complications ... PelvicRing #Fractures #Classification ... #Orthopedics #MSK ... #diagnosis #complications
Disc Herniations - Pathogenesis and Complications
• 90% of Lumbar disc herniations happen at L4/5 and L5/S1
•
Pathogenesis and Complications ... DiscHerniations #complications ... #msk #pathophysiology
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
exposure to a likely allergen ... exposure to known allergen ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
Erythematosus #SLE #MSK ... Musculoskeletal #Complications
Hypersensitivity: Definitions
 • Type I - Production of lgE Abs that bind to harmless allergens and
leading to an allergic ... leading to an allergic ... An allergic reaction ... #Allergic #Reactions ... #Types #Classification
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk