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Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
side) Second Stage ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #stages #staging ... #msk
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
- History of alcohol ... Constipation - MSK ... Refeeding #Syndrome #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #symptoms #signs
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Hypertension Stage ... vascular tortuosity Stage ... -> AV nicking Stage ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
hypercoagulable state ... causing localized stasis ... Hypercoagulable state ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Otitis Media -> Stage ... are connected) Stage ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #otology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
UTIs & bladder stones ... Pathophysiology #Urology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
Inflammatory Stage ... site Soft Callus Stage ... - Tobacco & Alcohol ... #Orthopedics #msk ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
Alcohol Withdrawal ... The onset of alcohol ... Life-threatening state ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
bone formation MSK ... Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms