Not to be confused with spondylitis, spondylolysis, or spondylolisthesis. Degenerative Osteoarthritis of the joints between the center o...
Thursday 3 March 2016
Monday 29 February 2016
PYRUVATE KINASE DEFICIENCY
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February 29, 2016
Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is the most common cause of congenital non-spherocytic chronic hemolytic anemia. It is an autosomal recessi...
Saturday 27 February 2016
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CARDIAC ENZYMES
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February 27, 2016
Things you should know about Cardiac markers for MI: 1) Myoglobin first comes and first goes (rises first, disappears first) 2) LDH is ca...
Sunday 21 February 2016
Libido (sex drive) is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity. Sex drive is influenced by biological, psychologic...
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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February 21, 2016
It is a blockage of the lung's main artery or one of its branches by a substance that has traveled from elsewhere in the body through t...
Sepsis is a whole-body inflammatory response to an infection. Common signs and symptoms include fever, increased heart rate, incre...
Classification of wounds : 1. Simple v/s Complex * Simple - Only skin is involved * Complex - Underlying structures like nerves, vessl...
TYPHOID FEVER
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February 21, 2016
Typhoid is a bacterial infection due to Salmonella typhi Symptoms may vary from mild to severe and usually begin six to thirty days afte...
APPROACH TO HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
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February 21, 2016
General approach to patient with hemolytic anemia ●Suspecting hemolysis – Suspecting the presence of hemolysis is not difficult in the cl...
Wednesday 17 February 2016
TACHYCARDIA
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February 17, 2016
Tachycardia, also called tachyarrhythmia, is a heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate. In general, a resting heart rate over 100 b...