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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Allergic reaction -> Benign ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
almost always a benign ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... #Macroadenoma #SideEffects ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... vasoconstrictive • Acute ... and chronic vasospasm ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #complications
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
limbs caused by chronic ... bradykinesia/akinesia • Acute ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Benign Prostatic ... Hydronephrosis, Acute ... or chronic renal ... stones #BPH #Benign ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Clinical Findings and Complications ... life-threatening (exceptions being ... symptoms are more acute ... The less acute behavioral ... Withdrawal #Opiate #Pathophysiology
Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications

 • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
clinical findings and complications ... Asthma. or sense of being ... BZD #withdrawal #pharmacology ... #pathophysiology
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... inflammation • Acute ... Mastoiditis • Chronic ... Cholesteatoma #MiddleEar #pathophysiology ... signs #diagnosis #complications
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
Clinical Findings and Complications ... Generalized Tonic-Clonic ... Seizures - Usually begin ... Alcohol #Withdrawal #Pathophysiology