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Goljan High Yield

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PO2   show
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show percent heme groups occupied by O2  
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Cyanosis   show
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Oxygen   show
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show inadequate O2 leads to ATP depletion  
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Ischemia   show
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show retention of CO, always decreases PaO2  
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Ventilation defect   show
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show absent blood flow to alveoli; increased alveolar dead space (e.g., pulmonary embolus)  
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show O2 cannot cross alveolar-capillary interface; interstitial lung disease (e.g., sarcoidosis)  
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Methemoglobin   show
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Clinical methemoglobinemia   show
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show ↓ SaO2; left-shift O2 binding curve; inhibits cytochrome oxidase  
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Causes carbon monoxide poisoning   show
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show headache; cherry red color skin  
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Cyanide   show
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Carbon monoxide + cyanide poisoning   show
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Left-shifted O2 curve   show
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Right-shifted O2 curve   show
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High altitude   show
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Mitochondrial poisons   show
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show drain off protons; dinitrophenol, thermogenin (brown fat)  
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Complication mitochondrial poisons/uncoupling agents   show
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show impaired Na+/K+ ATPase pump (cellular swelling); reversible  
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show ATP synthesis in hypoxia; lactate ↓ intracellular pH, denatures proteins  
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Irreversible injury hypoxia   show
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show release cytochrome c activates apoptosis  
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show ↑ cytosolic Ca2+ activates phospholipase, proteases, endonuclease  
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Free radicals   show
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show superoxide, hydroxyl, peroxide, drugs (acetaminophen)  
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show neutralizes superoxide  
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show neutralizes peroxide, drug FRs  
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Catalase   show
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show indigestible lipid of lipid peroxidation; brown pigment increased in atrophy and FR damage  
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show superoxide FRs + calcium  
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show cytochrome c in cytosol initiates apoptosis  
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SER hyperplasia   show
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show increases drug metabolism (e.g., oral contraceptives); low vitamin D  
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show membrane protein defect in transferring lysosomal enzymes to phagocytic vacuoles  
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show AR; giant lysosomes  
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I cell disease   show
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Rigor mortis   show
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show MCC alcohol (increase in NADH); DHAP → G3P → TG  
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show VLDL pushes nucleus to side  
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Causes fatty change   show
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Fatty change in kwashiorkor   show
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Ferritin   show
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Hemosiderin   show
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Atrophy   show
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Brain atrophy   show
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show duct obstruction by thick secretions  
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Labile cells   show
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Stable cells   show
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Permanent cells   show
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Hypertrophy   show
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show increased preload (valve regurgitation), increased afterload (hypertension, aortic stenosis)  
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show pulmonary hypertension  
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show prostate hyperplasia constricts urethra  
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Removal of kidney   show
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show increase in number of cells  
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Endometrial hyperplasia   show
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show increased EPO (blood loss, ectopic secretion, high altitude)  
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Prostate hyperplasia   show
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show hyperplasia male breast tissue; normal in newborn, adolescent, elderly  
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Metaplasia   show
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Squamous metaplasia in bronchus   show
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Intestinal metaplasia in stomach   show
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show Schistosoma hematobium infection  
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show glandular metaplasia of distal esophagus; due to GERD  
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Dysplasia   show
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show human papilloma virus  
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show smoking  
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Necrosis   show
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Coagulation necrosis   show
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Infarction   show
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Liquefactive necrosis   show
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Caseous necrosis   show
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Granulomas   show
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show γ-interferon released by CD4 T cells activates macrophages  
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show fusion of epithelioid cells  
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Granulomas   show
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show associated with pancreatitis; soap formation (Ca2+ + fatty acids)  
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show necrosis of immune reactions (immune vasculitis/endocarditis)  
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Postmortem necrosis   show
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show calcification of damaged tissue; normal serum calcium  
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Dystrophic calcification   show
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show calcification of normal tissue; increased serum calcium or phosphorus  
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Nephrocalcinosis   show
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S/S nephrocalcinosis   show
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Apoptosis   show
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show mullerian inhibitory factor, tumor necrosis factor, hormone withdrawal  
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Signal modulators of apoptosis   show
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show anti-apoptosis gene; prevents cytochrome c from leaving mitochondria  
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Caspases   show
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show eosinophilic cytoplasm, pyknotic (ink dot) nucleus  
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Apoptosis   show
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show key chemical in acute inflammation; mast cell; arteriole vasodilation; ↑ venular permeability  
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Rubor acute inflammation   show
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show heat; arteriole vasodilation (histamine)  
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show swelling; ↑ vessel permeability (histamine)  
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Dolor acute inflammation   show
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show neutrophil dominant; ↑ IgM  
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Initial vessel events   show
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show due to selectins  
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show neutrophil adhesion molecules; C5a and leukotriene B, activate; neutrophil margination  
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CD11/CD18   show
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show activated by IL-1 and TNF  
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ICAM   show
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show vascular cell adhesion molecule Leukocyte adhesion molecule defect  
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Activation neutrophil adhesion molecules   show
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Activation neutrophil adhesion molecules   show
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show directed movement; C5a and LTB4  
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show IgG, C3b; enhance phagocytosis  
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Neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages   show
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O2-dependent MPO system   show
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ProductionofsuperoxidefromO2   show
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Nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT)   show
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show converts superoxide to peroxide  
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show lysosomal enzyme that combines peroxide + Cl to form bleach (HOCl)  
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show chronic granulomatous disease childhood (XR), myeloperoxidase deficiency (AR)  
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show absent NADPH oxidase; no respiratory burst  
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show Staphylococcus aureus not killed (catalase positive)  
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show Streptococcus killed (catalase negative)  
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Myeloperoxidase deficiency   show
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show Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia (XR, decreased IgG)  
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Phagocytosis defect   show
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show non-steroidals (non-selective), selective COX-2 inhibitors  
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PGE2   show
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PGI2   show
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show vasodilator; FR gas from conversion arginine to citrulline  
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show fever, synthesis acute phase reactants in liver, leukocytosis  
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show stimulated by IL-1; stimulates synthesis of acute phase reactants  
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show fibrinogen, ferritin, C-reactive protein  
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show kinin produced in conversion of factor XII to factor XI  
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Bradykinin   show
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show C3a and C5a; directly stimulate mast cell release of histamine  
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show synthesized by endothelial cells; vasodilator, inhibits platelet aggregation  
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Lipoxygenase   show
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show inhibits lipoxygenase  
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show block lipoxygenase receptor  
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LTC4, -D4, -E4   show
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show synthesized by platelets; platelet aggregation, vasoconstriction, bronchoconstriction  
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Dipyridamole   show
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show inhibits phospholipase A2, activation neutrophil adhesion molecules  
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show neutrophilic leukocytosis, lymphopenia, eosinopenia  
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Fever   show
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show monocyte/macrophage; ↑ IgG; repair by fibrosis  
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show cellular immunity; macrophages interact with TH1 class cells (memory cells)  
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Positive PPD   show
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show abscess; Staphylococcus aureus (coagulase)  
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Cellulitis   show
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Pseudomembranous inflammation   show
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show key checkpoint G1 to S phase  
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show arrests cell in G1 phase for DNA repair or apoptosis  
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show stimulates apoptosis; activated by TP53 suppressor gene if too much DNA damage  
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Extracellular matrix   show
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show cell must be capable of duplication, no damage to basement membrane  
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show end-product of repair by connective tissue  
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show triple helix of cross-linked α chains  
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Collagen   show
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show bones, tendons  
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show early wound repair  
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show basement membrane  
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show epiphyseal plate  
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Laminin   show
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show key interstitial matrix glycoprotein  
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show basic fibroblast growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor  
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Key event in wound repair   show
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show becomes scar tissue  
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Collagenases   show
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Tensile strength of healed wound   show
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show infection (MCC S. aureus), zinc deficiency, DM  
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show defects in collagen synthesis and structure; hyperelasticity  
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show ↓ collagen tensile strength by decreasing cross-links at points of hydroxylation  
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Keloid   show
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show exuberant granulation tissue; bleeds when touched  
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show clean wound; appose wound margins with suture  
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show infected wound; leave wound open; myofibroblasts important  
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Liver injury   show
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show type II pneumocyte repair cell  
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show astrocyte and microglial cell repair cells; gliosis  
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show neutrophilic leukocytosis, left shift, toxic granulation  
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate   show
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C-reactive protein   show
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Polyclonal gammopathy   show
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show ECF (plasma, interstitial fluid) + ICF (cytosol)  
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show H20 shift between ECF and ICF; controlled by serum Na+ and glucose  
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show increased fluid in interstitial space or body cavities; transudate, exudate, lymph  
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show protein and cell-poor fluid in interstitial space/body cavity; alteration Starling’s forces  
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show oncotic pressure (albumin) keeps fluid in vessels, hydrostatic pressure pushes fluid out  
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Pitting edema   show
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↑ Hydrostatic pressure   show
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show ↑ hydrostatic pressure and ↓ oncotic pressure  
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Causes of renal retention of sodium/water   show
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show kwashiorkor; nephrotic syndrome; cirrhosis  
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show ↓ oncotic pressure, ↑ hydrostatic pressure  
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Exudate   show
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Lymphedema   show
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Thrombus   show
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Venous thrombus   show
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show anticoagulants that prevent venous clot formation  
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Arterial thrombus   show
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Aspirin   show
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Pulmonary thromboembolism   show
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show majority from left heart  
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Fat embolus   show
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Amniotic fluid embolism   show
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show 1 atmosphere pressure increase with 33 foot descent into water; N2 gas dissolved in tissue  
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Decompression sickness   show
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show pulmonary embolus  
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show spontaneous pneumothorax  
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show ↓ CO and LVEDP; ↑ PVR  
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Cardiogenic shock   show
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show ↑ CO (↑ venous return); ↓ PVR (vasodilation)  
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show most susceptible organ in shock; straight portion proximal tubule most susceptible  
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Shock complications   show
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Tumors   show
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show epithelial (e.g., adenoma) or connective tissue (e.g., lipoma, leiomyoma)  
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show epithelial origin; squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma  
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Basal cell carcinoma   show
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show lower lip, oral pharynx, larynx, lung, esophagus, skin, cervix  
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Adenocarcinoma   show
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Transitional cell carcinoma   show
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show malignancy of connective tissue origin; e.g., osteogenic sarcoma (bone)  
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Liposarcoma   show
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show MC sarcoma in children  
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Teratoma   show
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show normal tissue, normal site; bronchial hamartoma, Peutz Jeghers polyp  
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show normal tissue aberrant tissue location; pancreatic tissue stomach wall  
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show different morphologic patterns, same germ cell layer; pleomorphic adenoma parotid  
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show malignancy of stem cells in bone marrow  
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show malignancy of lymph nodes  
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show stomach (MC), Peyer’s patches  
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show invade and metastasize; benign tumors do not  
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show increases telomere length; found in all neoplastic cells  
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show key finding in neoplastic vs. normal cells  
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show intercellular adhesion; lose adhesion in malignant cells  
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show receptors for laminin (basement membrane), fibronectin (ECM)  
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Invasion enzyme   show
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Angiogenesis   show
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Metastasis   show
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show lymph node -> hematogenous  
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show renal cell carcinoma (renal vein, vena cava), hepatocellular carcinoma  
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show hematogenous  
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Seeding   show
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show lung, bone, brain, liver, adrenal  
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Sites where primary cancer more common than metastasis   show
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show osteoblastic (radiodense); osteolytic (radiolucent)  
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Bone sites metastasis   show
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show prostate cancer; increased serum AP, hypercalcemia  
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Osteolytic metastasis   show
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EM neurosecretory granules   show
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EM thin and thick myofilaments   show
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EM Birbeck granules   show
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Primary prevention   show
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show leukemia (MC), CNS tumors, Burkitt’s, Ewing’s, neuroblastoma  
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Cancer vaccine   show
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Cancer incidence men   show
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show breast → lung → colorectal  
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Cancer mortality men   show
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show lung → breast → colorectal  
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Gynecologic cancers   show
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show decreased incidence of cervical cancer; detects cervical dysplasia  
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Malignant melanoma   show
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Southeast China   show
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show hepatocellular carcinoma (HBV + aflatoxin)  
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Japan   show
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Africa   show
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show risk for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)  
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Chronic irritation sinus orifices, third degree burn scars   show
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show risk factor for SCC  
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show risk factor for adenocarcinoma  
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show risk factor for adenocarcinoma  
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show risk factor for adenocarcinoma  
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show risk factor for adenocarcinoma  
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show risk factor for adenocarcinoma  
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show risk factor for adenocarcinoma  
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Scar tissue in lung   show
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Regenerative nodules in cirrhosis   show
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Complete hydatidiform mole   show
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show MC risk factor for malignant melanoma  
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UVB light   show
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show MC risk factor for Kaposi’s sarcoma  
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show MC risk factor for nasopharyngeal carcinoma  
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show MC risk factor for larynx (SCC), lung cancers  
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show MC risk factor for mesothelioma  
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Polycyclic hydrocarbons   show
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Barrett’s esophagus   show
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show MC risk factor for stomach adenocarcinoma and lymphoma  
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Tubular adenoma, villous adenoma   show
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HBV and HCV   show
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show MC risk factor for liver angiosarcoma  
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show MC risk factor for gallbladder adenocarcinoma  
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Polycyclic hydrocarbons   show
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show MC risk factor for renal cell carcinoma  
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show MC risk factor for urinary bladder  
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HPV + lack of circumcision   show
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show MC risk factor for prostate adenocarcinoma  
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show MC risk factor for seminoma  
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Age >50 with excess estrogen exposure   show
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HPV 16/18   show
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DES   show
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Nulliparity   show
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Complete mole   show
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Turner syndrome (XO)   show
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show gonadoblastoma of ovary  
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Ionizing radiation   show
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show MC risk factor for medullary carcinoma thyroid  
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show MC risk factor for malignant lymphoma thyroid  
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Ionizing radiation   show
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EBV   show
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Ionizing radiation   show
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EBV   show
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show MC risk factor for T cell leukemia/lymphoma  
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Bacterial causes of cancer   show
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Parasitic causes of cancer   show
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Carcinogenesis   show
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show proto-oncogenes, suppressor genes, anti-apoptosis genes  
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show point mutation MC, translocation, amplification (↑ copies), overexpression (↑ activity)  
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Translocations   show
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show TP53 suppressor gene, RAS protooncogene  
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show inactivates suppressor genes (e.g., TP53), activates proto-oncogenes (e.g., RAS)  
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Amplification   show
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Overexpression   show
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show function-growth factor synthesis; mutation-overexpression  
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ERB-B2 POC   show
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show function-GTP signal transduction; point mutation; 30% of all human cancer  
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show function-non-receptor tyrosine kinase activity; translocation (9;22) causing CML  
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MYC POC   show
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show majority are point mutations; loss of suppression  
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Sporadic retinoblastoma   show
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AD retinoblastoma   show
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TP53 suppressor gene functions   show
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Inactivation TP 53 suppressor gene   show
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RB suppressor gene function   show
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Inactivation RB suppressor gene   show
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APC suppressor gene function   show
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show familial polyposis (FAP)  
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show DNA repair Inactivation  
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BRCA 1/2 suppressor genes   show
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BCL-2 function   show
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BCL-2 gene   show
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Xeroderma pigmentosum   show
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show AD; inactivation DNA mismatch genes; colorectal cancer  
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Chromosome instability syndromes   show
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Examples chromosome instability   show
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Carcinogens   show
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show key chemical carcinogen (cigarette smoke)  
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Aflatoxins   show
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show lung cancer, mesothelioma  
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show hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma  
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Aniline dyes   show
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Vinyl chloride   show
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Benzene   show
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Cyclophosphamide   show
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EBV   show
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HBV and HCV   show
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show cervical, penis, and anorectal squamous cancers  
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HHV-8   show
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UVB cancers   show
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show cytotoxic CD8 T cells (type IV hypersensitivity)  
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show due to tumor necrosis factor-α  
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Most common anemia   show
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show hypercoagulability  
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Most common COD in cancer   show
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Acanthosis nigricans, seborrheic keratoses; possible markers for gastric adenocarcinoma   show
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Clubbing   show
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Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis mitral valve   show
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TNM staging   show
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show hepatocellular carcinoma, yolk sac tumors  
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PSA   show
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show recurrence colorectal cancer  
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BJ (Bence-Jones) protein   show
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show choriocarcinoma  
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show medullary carcinoma thyroid; hypocalcemia  
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show ADH (hyponatremia), ACTH (ectopic Cushing’s)  
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show EPO (polycythemia), PTH-related peptide (hypercalcemia)  
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Hepatocellular carcinoma   show
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show calcitonin (hypocalcemia), ACTH (ectopic Cushing’s)  
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show PTH-related peptide (hypercalcemia)  
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show synthesized in peritubular capillaries  
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Reticulocyte count   show
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show hematopoiesis outside bone marrow (e.g., spleen)  
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Newborn physiologic anemia   show
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show Hb and Hct decreased; greater increase in plasma volume than RBC mass  
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show normal O2 saturation and arterial PO2  
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MCV   show
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MCHC   show
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show ↓ in microcytic anemias; ↑ in spherocytosis  
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Thalassemias   show
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RDW   show
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Mature RBC   show
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show ↑ iron deficiency; ↓ anemia chronic disease, sideroblastic anemia  
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show ↓ iron deficiency, anemia chronic disease; ↑ sideroblastic anemia  
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show ↓ iron deficiency; ↑ anemia chronic disease, sideroblastic anemia; normal thalassemia  
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Microcytic anemias   show
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Iron deficiency child   show
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show MCC menorrhagia  
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Iron deficiency man < 50   show
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show MCC colon cancer  
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show ↓ ferritin; ↓ Fe and % saturation, ↑ TIBC; normocytic then microcytic anemia  
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Anemia chronic disease   show
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α-Thalassemia trait   show
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HbH disease   show
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Hb Bart’s disease   show
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β-Thalassemia minor   show
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show nonsense mutation with stop codon; hemolytic anemia; ↑↑ HbF, ↑ HbA2  
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Sideroblastic anemia   show
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Causes sideroblastic anemia   show
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Pb poisoning   show
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show growth retardation; Pb in epiphyses (lead lines); abdominal colic; encephalopathy  
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S/S Pb poisoning adult   show
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Lab Pb poisoning   show
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Vitamin B12   show
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show transfers methyl group to homocysteine  
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R factor   show
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show involved in propionate metabolism; end-product succinyl CoA  
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Causes B12 deficiency   show
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show autoimmune destruction parietal cells; chronic gastritis body/fundus; achlorhydria; ↑ gastrin  
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show alcohol MCC, poor diet, drugs, malabsorption, pregnancy, goat milk  
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Drugs and folate deficiency   show
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Intestinal conjugase in folate metabolism   show
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Jejunal uptake of monoglutamate form of folate   show
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show inhibited by methotrexate, trimethoprim  
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show inhibited by 5-fluorouracil  
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Folate deficiency   show
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Lab in B12/folate deficiency   show
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show ↑ gastrin (pernicious anemia), ↑ methylmalonic acid  
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B12 reabsorbed absorbed after administration of intrinsic factor   show
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B12 reabsorbed absorbed after administration of antibiotics   show
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B12 reabsorbed absorbed after administration of pancreatic extract   show
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show initially normal Hb and Hct; 0.9% saline uncovers RBC deficit  
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Aplastic anemia   show
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show pancytopenia; hypocellular bone marrow  
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show normocytic; decreased EPO  
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Extravascular hemolysis   show
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show ↓ serum haptoglobin; hemoglobinuria; hemosiderinuria  
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Congenital spherocytosis   show
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show normocytic anemia; dense RBCs, ↑ MCHC, ↑ osmotic fragility  
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PNH   show
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S/S PNH   show
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HbSS   show
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Causes of sickling   show
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show inhibits sickling; hydroxyurea ↑ HbF  
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show vasoocclusive crises, hemolytic anemia (extravascular)  
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HbSS children   show
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show Salmonella paratyphi  
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show aplastic crisis (parvovirus B-19), acute chest syndrome, autosplenectomy, calcium bilirubinate gallstones, priapism, aseptic necrosis  
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show microhematuria from sickling in renal medulla; renal papillary necrosis  
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Hb electrophoresis   show
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Blood findings in HbSS   show
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G6PD deficiency   show
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show Heinz bodies (denatured Hb; special stain); bite cells  
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Pyruvate kinase deficiency   show
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show IgG; extravascular hemolysis; e.g., SLE, drugs  
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show IgM intravascular hemolysis; e.g., CLL, Mycoplasma  
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Penicillin   show
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show drug alters Rh antigens; IgG antibody against Rh antigens (type II hypersensitivity)  
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Quinidine   show
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Lab findings AIHA   show
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show mechanical damage causing intravascular hemolysis  
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show aortic stenosis (MCC), DIC, TIP, HUS  
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Peripheral blood findings micro/macro hemolysis   show
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Malaria   show
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show exaggerated WBC response to infection; usually due to infection  
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show marrow infiltrative disease peripheralizes myeloblasts/nucleated RBCs  
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show bone metastasis MCC, myelofibrosis  
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show type I hypersensitivity (e.g., penicillin reaction); invasive helminthic infection  
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Helminthes not producing eosinophilia   show
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show mononucleosis; CMV; toxoplasmosis; viral hepatitis; phenytoin  
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show due to EBV; EBV attaches to CD21 receptors on B cells  
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show exudative tonsillitis, generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly  
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Lab findings mono   show
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show T cell deficiencies (HIV); combined B/T deficiency (adenine deaminase deficiency)  
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show viral infections, whooping cough  
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show lymphopenia, eosinopenia, neutrophilia  
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Chronic MPD   show
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show polycythemia vera, myelofibrosis and myeloid metaplasia  
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show ↓ plasma volume; ↑ RBC count; normal RBC mass  
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show ↓ RBC count and RBC mass  
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Appropriate polycythemia   show
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Causes of appropriate absolute polycythemia   show
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show normal plasma volume; ↑ RBC mass; ↓ SaO2; ↑ EPO  
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Inappropriate absolute polycythemia   show
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show ectopic secretion EPO, polycythemia vera  
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show ↑ plasma volume and RBC mass; normal SaO2; ↓ EPO  
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Ectopic EPO (renal cell carcinoma)   show
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Myelofibrosis myeloid metaplasia   show
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Lab findings in myelofibrosis   show
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show MPO with increase in abnormal appearing platelets  
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show severe anemia in elderly; 30% develop leukemia; ringed sideroblasts  
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show aplastic anemia; acute leukemia  
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show ALL, newborn-14; AML, 15-60; CML, 40-60; CLL, >60  
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Acute vs. chronic leukemia   show
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AML   show
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia   show
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Acute monocytic leukemia   show
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CML   show
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ALL   show
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ALL   show
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show B cell neoplasm; ↓ γ-globulins; MCC generalized lymphadenopathy patients> 60-yrs-old  
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show HTLV-1; CD4 T cells; skin infiltration; lytic bone lesions with hypercalcemia  
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show positive TRAP stain; splenomegaly; Rx with purine nucleosides  
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Nodal sites   show
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show metastasizes to para-aortic nodes  
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Stomach cancer   show
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Phenytoin   show
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Cat scratch disease   show
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show t(14;18); overexpression of BCL-2 anti-apoptosis gene  
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show t(8;14); EBV association; common childhood NHL; “starry sky” appearance  
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Extra nodal lymphomas   show
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Mycosis fungoides   show
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Sezary syndrome   show
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Polyclonal gammopathy   show
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Monoclonal gammopathy   show
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Confirmatory tests   show
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Bence Jones protein   show
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show M spike; lytic bone lesions; pathologic fractures; hypercalcemia; renal failure  
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MGUS   show
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Findings in MGUS   show
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Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia   show
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma   show
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Lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin’s   show
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Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s   show
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Mixed cellularity Hodgkin’s   show
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show stage of disease and type of Hodgkin’s most important factors  
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show ↑ risk for second malignancies (leukemia; NHL)  
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Langerhan’s histiocytes   show
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show malignant histiocytosis <2 yrs old; diffuse eczematous rash; organ involvement  
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show malignant; lytic skull lesions, diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos  
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show benign histiocytosis; lytic bone lesions with pathologic fractures  
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show release histamine (pruritus; swelling); metachromatic granules positive with toluidine blue  
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Urticaria pigmentosum   show
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show twisted β-sheet; apple green birefringence with Congo red  
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Primary amyloidosis   show
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show AA amyloid derived from serum-associated amyloid; chronic infections  
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show amyloid precursor protein gene product chromosome 21; amyloid-β  
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show macrophages have fibrillary appearance; deficiency glucocerebrosidase  
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show macrophages have soap bubble appearance; deficiency sphingomyelinase  
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show splenomegaly; peripheral blood cytopenias; portal hypertension MCC  
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show Howell Jolly bodies; susceptible to Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis  
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Anticoagulants   show
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show enhances ATIII activity (neutralizes all factors except V, VIII, fibrinogen)  
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Protein C/S   show
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show coagulation factors, thromboxane A2 (platelet aggregation, vasoconstrictor)  
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Protein C and S   show
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show complexes with factor VIII to enhance VIII:C activity; platelet adhesion  
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Platelets   show
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GpIb   show
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GpIIb:IIIa   show
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show VII  
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Intrinsic system factors   show
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show X, V, prothrombin (II), fibrinogen (I)  
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show cross-links insoluble fibrin; strengthens fibrin clots  
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show prothrombin, VII, IX, X, protein C and S  
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Factors consumed in a clot   show
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show cleaves fibrinogen and insoluble fibrin into degradation products  
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show evaluates platelet function (adhesion, release reaction, aggregation)  
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show MCC of a prolonged bleeding time  
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show ristocetin cofactor assay; vWF antigen assay; agar electrophoresis  
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show evaluates extrinsic pathway to fibrin clot  
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PTT   show
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Fibrinolysis tests   show
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show cannot form temporary plug; epistaxis; petechiae; bleeding from scratches  
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show children; antibodies against GpIIb:IIIa; no splenomegaly  
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show SLE; antibodies against GpIIb:IIIa receptors  
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Heparin   show
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PF4   show
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HIV   show
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show platelet thrombi develop in areas of endothelial damage in small vessels; consumption of platelets  
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show fever, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, hemolytic anemia with schistocytes, CNS deficits  
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show thrombocytopenia, prolonged bleeding time, normal PT and PTT  
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show similar to TTP; endothelial injury from Shiga-like toxin of 0157:H7 E. coli in undercooked beef  
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S/S factor deficiency   show
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Hemophilia A   show
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von Willebrand’s disease   show
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show ↓ vWF, VIII antigen, and VIII:C; prolonged bleeding time  
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show Rx of choice for mild von Willebrand’s disease and hemophilia A  
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show antibodies destroy coagulation factors  
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show prolonged PT and/or PTT corrected with mixing studies  
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show ↓ epoxide reductase activity (↓ function vitamin K); hemorrhagic diathesis; ↑ PT  
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Causes vitamin K deficiency   show
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show activation coagulation system from release of tissue thromboplastin and/or endothelial cell damage  
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show consumption coagulation factors by fibrin clots; patient also anticoagulated  
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Causes   show
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S/S   show
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Lab findings DIC   show
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Antiphospholipid antibodies   show
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Warfarin   show
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Warfarin   show
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Warfarin   show
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Rx warfarin over anticoagulation   show
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Heparin   show
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show estrogen ↑ coagulation factor synthesis and ATIII; predisposes to thrombosis  
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Factor V Leiden   show
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show no prolongation of PTT with administration of heparin  
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Hemorrhagic skin necrosis   show
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show specialized cells that transfer foreign antigens to lymphocytes in Peyer’s patches  
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Blood group O   show
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show increased incidence of gastric carcinoma  
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Newborns   show
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show may lose natural blood group antibodies; no hemolytic reaction to mismatched blood  
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Rh antigens   show
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show antibodies against Rh or non-Rh blood group antigens (e.g., anti-D)  
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show receptor for Plasmodium vivax; blacks often lack Duffy antigen  
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show indirect Coomb’s test; detects atypical antibodies in serum  
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Cytomegalovirus   show
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show MCC of post-transfusion hepatitis  
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show patient serum reacted against donor RBCs; does not guarantee RBC survival  
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show blood group O; no antigens on the surface of RBCs  
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show blood group AB; no natural blood group antibodies in serum  
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Packed RBC transfusion   show
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Cryoprecipitate   show
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Fresh frozen plasma   show
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show type I IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction  
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Febrile transfusion reaction   show
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Intravascular HTR   show
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show antibody attaches to donor RBCs; macrophage phagocytosis and hemolysis  
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show present in both types of hemolytic transfusion reactions  
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S/S   show
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show mother O and baby A or B; transplacental passage of maternal anti-AB-IgG  
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ABO HDN   show
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show mother Rh (D antigen) negative and fetus Rh (O antigen) positive  
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Rh HDN   show
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show maternal anti-D crosses placenta; potential for hydrops fetalis; high risk for kernicterus  
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Rh immune globulin   show
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Rh HDN lab   show
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show protects mother from Rh sensitization (development of anti-D antibodies)  
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show A+ cells destroyed by mothers anti A-lgM  
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show converts unconjugated bilirubin in skin into harmless water soluble dipyrrole  
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MV auscultation   show
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show left parasternal border  
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AV auscultation   show
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PV auscultation   show
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show closure MV and TV  
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S2   show
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Inspiration   show
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S3   show
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Causes S3   show
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show abnormal; due to blood entering non-compliant ventricle with atrial contraction in late diastole  
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show volume overloaded ventricle, hypertrophy  
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Murmurs   show
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Inspiration   show
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Expiration   show
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show problem in opening valve  
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show problem in closing valve  
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Valves opening in systole   show
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Valves opening in diastole   show
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show MV and TV  
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Valves closing in diastole   show
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show primary vehicle for carrying cholesterol  
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show primary vehicle for carrying liver-synthesized triglyceride  
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show AD; deficiency of LDL receptors; ↑ LDL  
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Type III hyperlipoproteinemia   show
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Type IV hyperlipoproteinemia   show
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show deficiency apo B48 (chylomicrons) and B100 (VLDL); ↓ CH and TG  
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Clinical findings in apo B deficiency   show
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show reaction to injury of endothelial cells  
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Risk factors   show
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show platelets, macrophages, smooth muscle cells, T cells with cytokine release  
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Fibrous plaque   show
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C-reactive protein   show
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show predisposes to platelet thrombosis  
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Increased plasma homocysteine   show
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show small vessel disease of DM and hypertension; excess protein in vessel wall  
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Mechanisms hyaline arteriolosclerosis in DM   show
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Non-enzymatic glycosylation   show
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Mechanisms hyaline arteriolosclerosis in hypertension   show
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show due to atherosclerosis; flank pain, hypotension, pulsatile mass  
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show vasculitis of vasa vasorum of aortic arch; aortic regurgitation  
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show due to hypertension and collagen tissue disorders (e.g., Marfan)  
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show elastic tissue degeneration creates spaces filled with mucopolysaccharides  
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show due to wall stress from hypertension and structural weakness  
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show proximal (MC); distal or combination of both  
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S/S proximal aortic dissection   show
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show AD; fibrillin defect; aortic regurgitation/dissection; lens dislocation; MVP with sudden death  
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show aortic dissection  
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Phlebothrombosis   show
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show emboli originate from femoral veins  
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Superficial migratory thrombophlebitis   show
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show absent radial pulse with positional change  
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Turner’s syndrome   show
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Spider telangiectasia   show
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Capillary hemangioma in newborn   show
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show HHV-8; vascular malignancy; MC cancer in AIDS  
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show Bartonella henselae; vascular infection in AIDS  
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Small vessel vasculitis   show
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show vessel thrombosis with infarction; e.g., classical polyarteritis nodosa  
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show absent pulse, stroke  
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Takayasu’s arteritis   show
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show temporal artery granulomatous vasculitis; ipsilateral blindness (ophthalmic artery)  
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show muscular artery vasculitis with vessel thrombosis infarction  
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Path findings   show
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S/S   show
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Diagnosis   show
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show coronary artery vasculitis/thrombosis/aneurysms in children  
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S/S   show
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show IV γ-globulin  
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show smoker’s digital vasculitis; digital infarction  
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show digital vasculitis in PSS and CREST syndrome  
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show digital pain; white-blue-red color changes  
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Cryoglobulinemia   show
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S/S   show
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Wegener’s granulomatosis   show
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show palpable purpura; crescentic GN; association with p-ANCA  
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show IgA-anti-IgA ICs; palpable purpura buttocks/legs; arthritis; IgA GN  
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Serum sickness vasculitis   show
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever   show
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show  
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Meningococcemia   show
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Essential HTN blacks   show
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Renovascular HTN   show
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show epigastric bruit; ↑ PRA affected kidney, ↓ PRA unaffected kidney  
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Endocrine HTN   show
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show LVH MC complication; AMI MC COD followed by stroke and renal failure  
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Afterload   show
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show volume ventricles must eject  
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Concentric LVH   show
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show increased preload; e.g., valve regurgitation; left to right shunts  
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LHF   show
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Systolic dysfunction   show
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Diastolic dysfunction   show
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show backward failure; ↑ venous hydrostatic pressure; neck vein distention, hepatomegaly, edema  
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ACE inhibitors   show
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Diuretics in CHF   show
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Non-pharmacologic Rx in CHF   show
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AMI   show
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Exertional angina   show
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show coronary artery vasospasm; transmural ischemia; ST elevation  
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Sudden cardiac death   show
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show severe coronary artery atherosclerosis; absence of occlusive thrombosis  
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LAD coronary artery   show
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show posterior portion left ventricle and papillary muscle, inferior 1/3rd IVS, right ventricle  
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AMI   show
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Ventricular fibrillation   show
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show no gross changes until 24 hrs  
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show retrosternal pain radiating down arms, diaphoresis  
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show 3rd-7th day  
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show MC type; LAD thrombosis; cardiac tamponade  
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show RCA thrombosis; mitral regurgitation with LHF  
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IVS rupture   show
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Mural thrombus   show
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show first week in transmural AMI; 6 wks later autoimmune  
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show friction rub; leaning forward relieves pain  
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show late manifestation of AMI; precordial systolic bulge; CHF MC COD  
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show RCA thrombosis; hypotension, RHF, preserved left ventricular function  
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show CK-MB and troponins; CK-MB absent by 3 days; troponins last 7-10 days  
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LDH isoenzymes   show
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Reinfarction   show
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ECG findings in AMI   show
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show EF = stroke volume/left ventricular end-diastolic volume; 80/120 = 0.66  
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By-pass surgery   show
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show localized dissection with thrombosis  
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Umbilical vein   show
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show shunts blood from pulmonary artery to aorta; PGE keeps it open  
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show closes and becomes ligamentum arteriosum  
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Eisenmenger’s syndrome   show
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show MC congenital heart disease; ↑ SaO2 right ventricle (RV), pulmonary artery (PA)  
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show patent foramen ovale; ↑ SaO2 right atrium (RA), RV, PA; MC adult congenital heart disease  
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Down syndrome   show
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PDA   show
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show degree of pulmonic stenosis determines if cyanosis is present  
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show ↓ left ventricle, aorta  
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Tetralogy of Fallot   show
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show cyanosis; aorta empties RV; PA empties left ventricle  
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show 2° polycythemia; infective endocarditis; metastatic abscesses  
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show Turner’s syndrome  
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Post-ductal coarctation   show
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show upper extremity HTN; claudication; rib-notching; activation RAA also causes HTN  
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show type II hypersensitivity; group A streptococcus pharyngeal infection  
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show sterile vegetations mitral valve (regurgitation); myocarditis with Aschoff nodule  
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S/S   show
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show chronic rheumatic fever; opening snap followed by mid-diastolic rumble  
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Mitral stenosis   show
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MVP   show
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S/S   show
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MVP click/murmur close to S1   show
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MVP click/murmur close to S2   show
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show pansystolic murmur; S3 and S4 common  
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show LHF, infective endocarditis, acute rheumatic fever  
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Aortic stenosis   show
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Aortic stenosis murmur increased preload   show
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show decreases obstruction and decreases murmur intensity  
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Causes   show
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Aortic regurgitation   show
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show diastolic murmur; regurgitant flow on anterior leaflet mitral valve  
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show sign for AV replacement  
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Causes aortic regurgitation   show
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show pansystolic murmur ↑ intensity with inspiration  
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Causes   show
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Carcinoid heart disease   show
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Infective endocarditis (IE)   show
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IE prosthetic heart valve   show
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IE ulcerative bowel disease   show
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S/S   show
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show positive blood culture Libman Sacks endocarditis  
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Coxsackievirus   show
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Parasitic cause myocarditis   show
🗑
show all chamber pressures are uniformally increased  
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show muffled heart sounds, pulsus paradoxus, inspiratory neck vein distention  
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Dx and Rx   show
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show drop in blood pressure >10 mmHg with inspiration  
🗑
show TB MCC worldwide; pericardial knock  
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show generalized chamber enlargement; low ejection fraction  
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show postpartum, cardiotoxic drugs, hypothyroidism, alcohol  
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy   show
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show anterior leaflet mitral valve drawn against asymmetric thickened IVS  
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show worsens obstruction and increases murmur intensity  
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show reduces obstruction and decreases murmur intensity  
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show decreased compliance  
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Causes   show
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Cardiac myxoma   show
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Cardiac rhabdomyoma   show
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show hypokalemia; MCC diuretic therapy (e.g., thiazides; loop diuretics)  
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show hyperkalemia; MCC renal failure  
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ST depression   show
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ST elevation   show
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show MC chronic arrhythmia; absent P waves; danger for embolization  
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Ventricular premature beats   show
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show MCC of death in an AMI  
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Anterior AMI   show
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show Q waves in II, III, and aVF; right coronary artery thrombosis.  
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show short PR interval with normal P wave; delta wave on upstroke of R wave  
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Alveolar O2 calculation   show
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Increased A-a gradient   show
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Forced vital capacity   show
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Forced expiratory volume/1 second (FEV1)   show
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Choanal atresia   show
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Nasal polyps   show
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Nasal polyp in a child   show
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show patient on aspirin (pain syndrome) with nasal polyps, asthma  
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)   show
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show danger cor pulmonale; requires sleep test; Rx. O2 with continuous positive airway pressure  
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show maxillary sinusitis MC in adults; ethmoiditis MC in children; S. pneumoniae MC  
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show association with EBV; metastasize to cervical nodes  
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Laryngeal carcinoma   show
🗑
show MCC of fever 24-36 hours after surgery  
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show ↓ percussion; absent fremitus, breath sounds; inspiratory lag; elevated diaphragm  
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RDS   show
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show synthesize surfactant (lecithin, phosphatidylcholine); stored in lamellar bodies  
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show reduces surface tension in airways; ↑ synthesis cortisol, thyroxine; ↓ synthesis insulin  
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Causes RDS   show
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show maternal hyperglycemia → fetal hyperglycemia → fetal insulin which ↓ surfactant  
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show O2 FR injury (blindness, bronchopulmonary dysplasia); necrotizing enterocolitis  
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show Streptococcus pneumoniae MCC  
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show bronchopneumonia, lobar pneumonia  
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S/S   show
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show interstitial pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae MCC  
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S/S   show
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show Pseudomonas, aeruginosa MCC (respirators); others - S. aureus, E. coli  
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show MCC common cold; hand to mouth transmission  
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show MCC pneumonia and bronchiolitis in child  
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show MCC croup in child; trachea area of obstruction  
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Cytomegalovirus   show
🗑
show superimposed pneumonia with S. aureus increases mortality  
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show Warthin-Finkeldey multinucleated giant cells  
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Chlamydia pneumoniae   show
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Chlamydia trachomatis   show
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Coxiella burnetii   show
🗑
show crowded condition; cold agglutinins; azithromycin  
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Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia   show
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Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia   show
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae   show
🗑
show exacerbation chronic bronchitis; acute epiglottis in children  
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show croup, epiglottitis  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa   show
🗑
show mucoid sputum in alcoholic  
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Legionella pneumophila   show
🗑
show strict aerobe; MC COD due to infectious disease worldwide  
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Candida albicans   show
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Cryptococcus immitis   show
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show septate hyphae with fruiting body; fungus ball, extrinsic asthma, vessel invader  
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show non-septate; vessel invader; frontal lobe abscess in diabetic ketoacidosis  
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show Southwest deserts; inhale arthrospores in dust; spherule with endospores  
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show erythema nodosum (painful nodules lower legs)  
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show Ohio/central Mississippi river valley; excreta bats (spelunker), chickens  
🗑
show simulates TB; yeasts phagocytosed by macrophages  
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Blastomyces dermatitidis   show
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show cysts and trophozoites; pneumonia in HIV; Rx. trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole  
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Primary TB   show
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Primary TB   show
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Reactivation TB   show
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Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI)   show
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show AR; 3 nucleotide deletion chromosome 7; defective CFTR (degraded in Golgi apparatus)  
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S/S   show
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Lung abscess   show
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Aspiration sitting   show
🗑
show superior segment right lower lobe  
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show right middle lobe, posterior segment right upper lobe  
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Pulmonary thromboembolism   show
🗑
show branch of aorta/intercostal artery; protects against developing pulmonary infarction  
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Saddle embolus   show
🗑
S/S pulmonary infarction   show
🗑
show ventilation/perfusion scan; respiratory alkalosis; hypoxemia  
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Pain on inspiration   show
🗑
Pathogenesis pulmonary hypertension (PH)   show
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Hypoxemia + respiratory acidosis   show
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show 1° lung disease (COPD, restrictive), recurrent emboli, mitral stenosis, OSA, left-right shunts  
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show PH + RVH  
🗑
S/S   show
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show ↓ compliance, ↑ elasticity; interstitial fibrosis/edema  
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Restrictive lung disease (RLD)   show
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show RLD; non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema due to alveolar injury  
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ARDS   show
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Causes   show
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Pneumoconiosis   show
🗑
show pneumoconiosis + rheumatoid nodules in lungs  
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Coal worker’s   show
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show quartz; nodular opacities; foundry workers; ↑ incidence cancer and TB  
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show roofing material, old buildings (9/11), pipe-fitter shipyard  
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show asbestos fiber coated by iron  
🗑
show benign pleural plaques (MC); bronchogenic carcinoma (MC cancer); mesothelioma  
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Mesothelioma   show
🗑
show RLD; MC non-infectious lung and liver granulomatous disease  
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S/S   show
🗑
Lab findings   show
🗑
show intradermal injection sarcoid antigens causes skin reaction  
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Farmer’s lung   show
🗑
show RLD; reaction against nitrogen dioxide in fermenting corn  
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Byssinosis   show
🗑
Goodpasture’s syndrome   show
🗑
Collagen vascular RLD   show
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Drugs RLD   show
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Obstructive lung disease   show
🗑
show ↑ RV, TLC; ↓ TV, VC; ↓ FEV1sec and FVC; ↓ FEV1sec/FVC ratio  
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Obstructive lung disease   show
🗑
Asthma   show
🗑
show expiratory wheezing (inflamed terminal bronchioles); LTC4,-D4,-E4 bronchoconstrictors  
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Charcot-Leyden crystals   show
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Lab findings   show
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Emphysema   show
🗑
show respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveoli  
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show ↑ AP diameter; depressed diaphragms; vertical heart  
🗑
show ↓ AAT, ↑ neutrophil destruction of elastic tissue  
🗑
show destruction/distention respiratory bronchioles upper lobe in smokers; THINK  
🗑
Panacinar emphysema   show
🗑
show upper lobe destruction/distention alveolar ducts, alveoli; pneumothorax  
🗑
Lab findings   show
🗑
show productive cough 3 months/2 consecutive years; blue bloater (cyanosis)  
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Site of obstruction   show
🗑
show respiratory acidosis/hypoxemia  
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Bronchiectasis   show
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Causes   show
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show absent dynein arm in cilia; sinusitis, infertility, bronchiectasis, situs inversus  
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show squamous cancer and small cell cancer; men > women  
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show adenocarcinoma; women > men  
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Squamous lung cancer   show
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Small cell carcinoma   show
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show no smoking relationship; lung consolidation resembling pneumonia  
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show usually adenocarcinoma developing in old TB scar  
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Bronchial carcinoid   show
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Metastatic lung cancer   show
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show squamous carcinoma posterior mediastinum; destruction superior cervical ganglion  
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S/S   show
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show granuloma MCC  
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show primary lung cancer obstructs vessel; venous congestion  
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Anterior mediastinal masses   show
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show usually neurogenic tumors of ganglia  
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show B cell hyperplasia of thymus MC abnormality; association with thymoma  
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Thymoma   show
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Pleural effusions   show
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Spontaneous pneumothorax   show
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S/S   show
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show flap-like pleural tear; increased pleural cavity pressure; compression atelectasis  
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S/S   show
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show failure of fusion of facial processes  
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show multinucleated giant cell with acidophilic intranuclear inclusions on Tzanck prep  
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show EBV glossitis; pre-AIDS defining lesion; not precursor to cancer  
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show bilateral parotitis; unilateral orchitis; ↑ amylase  
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show pseudomembrane pharynx and trachea with cervical lymphadenopathy  
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show notched central incisors  
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Actinomycosis   show
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S/S   show
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show majority are viral; 20% group A streptococcus  
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Oral thrush   show
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Dental caries   show
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show mucosal pigmentation; hamartomatous polyps  
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show biopsy to rule out squamous dysplasia or cancer  
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Squamous cell carcinoma   show
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show verrucoid squamous cell carcinoma  
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Gum hyperplasia   show
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Pleomorphic adenoma   show
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma   show
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Dysphagia for solids only   show
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show iron deficiency anemia causes esophageal web, glossitis, achlorhydria (↓ HCl in gastric acid)  
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Dysphagia for solids and liquids   show
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show polyhydramnios; proximal esophagus ends blindly; distal esophagus derives from trachea  
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VATER syndrome   show
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show MC pulsion diverticulum of esophagus; halitosis (stinky breath, food gets stuck); near UES  
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show relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter (LES) with acid reflux  
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show MCC nocturnal cough and asthma  
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show Candida MC, CMV, HSV  
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show glandular metaplasia distal esophagus in GERD  
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Complications of Barrett’s   show
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Esophageal varices   show
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show tear of distal esophagus from retching in alcoholic or bulimic  
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Boerhaave’s syndrome   show
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Hamman’s mediastinal crunch   show
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LES ganglion cells   show
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Achalasia   show
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S/S   show
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show bird’s beak appearance  
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Acquired achalasia   show
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show MC primary cancer; due to Barrett’s esophagus  
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Squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus   show
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show sign of upper GI bleed; acid changes Hb to hematin; peptic ulcer disease MCC  
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Hematemesis   show
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show hypertrophy pyloric muscle; vomiting non-bile stained fluid in 2-4 weeks  
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Acute hemorrhagic (erosive) gastritis   show
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show maintained by PGE; misoprostol PGE analog  
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show due to PA; achlorhydria with ↑ serum gastrin  
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show due to H. pylori; involves pylorus and antrum  
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H. pylori   show
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show lesser curvature pylorus and antrum; poor defense against acid; food aggravates pain  
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show never malignant; ↑ acid production; food relieves pain  
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show air under diaphragm causes pain in left shoulder  
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Menetrier’s disease   show
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show malignant islet cell tumor secreting gastrin; part of MEN I syndrome  
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show PUD in usual locations; sometimes multiple ulcers  
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Hypergastrinemia   show
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Leiomyoma   show
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Intestinal type adenocarcinoma   show
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show linitis plastica; signet ring cells; Krukenberg tumors ovaries  
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show stomach MC site for extranodal lymphomas; H. pylori associated  
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show steatorrhea; chronic pancreatitis, bile salt deficiency, small bowel disease  
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show liver disease, bile salt resins, cholestasis, bacterial overgrowth, Crohn’s  
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show failure to reabsorb xylose indicates small bowel disease  
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show chronic pancreatitis cause of malabsorption  
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show autoimmune disease; antibodies against gliadin in gluten; flat villi  
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Celiac disease   show
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Whipple’s disease   show
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show fever, polyarthritis, skin pigmentation  
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show Campylobacter jejuni MCC; positive fecal smear for leukocytes  
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show loss isotonic fluid; enterotoxins from E. coli and V. cholerae  
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Osmotic diarrhea   show
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show MCC diarrhea in children  
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show MCC diarrhea in adults  
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show common cause diarrhea in AIDS; MCC cholecystitis and pancreatitis in AIDS  
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Staphylococcus aureus   show
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Bacillus cereus   show
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show preformed neurotoxin (blocks acetylcholine release); paralysis and mydriasis  
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show colonization of bowel with release of neurotoxin; eating honey  
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show pseudomembranous colitis; post-antibiotics; toxin assay stool; Rx metronidazole  
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show produces dysentery (bloody diarrhea); associated with HUS  
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show gastroenteritis; animal reservoirs - poultry, turtles  
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Salmonella paratyphi   show
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Salmonella typhi   show
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show gallbladder  
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M. tuberculosis   show
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show secretory diarrhea (traveler’s diarrhea); toxin stimulates guanylate cyclase  
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Vibrio cholerae   show
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Oral Rx cholera   show
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Yersinia enterocolitica   show
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Entamoeba histolytica   show
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show MCC diarrhea in AIDS; acid-fast oocysts  
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show MC protozoal cause of diarrhea; cause of malabsorption; Rx metronidazole  
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show rectal prolapse in children  
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show anal pruritus; urethritis in girls; no eosinophilia  
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Ascaris lumbricoides   show
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show hookworm; iron deficiency anemia  
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show rhabditiform larvae in stool not eggs  
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show fish tapeworm; vitamin B12 deficiency  
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show colicky pain; constipation and obstipation  
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Radiograph small bowel obstruction   show
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show adhesions from previous surgery  
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Duodenal atresia   show
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show absent ganglion cells in submucosal/myenteric plexus rectosigmoid  
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show proximal bowel dilated but peristalses; no stool in rectal vault  
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show Down syndrome; Chagas disease  
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Intussusception   show
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Meconium ileus   show
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Indirect inguinal hernia   show
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show obstruction of small bowel with gallstone + air in biliary tree  
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Volvulus   show
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show protrudes through center of triangle of Hesselbach; no obstruction  
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show common in black children; may entrap bowel in adults  
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show MC site for polyps, cancer, diverticula  
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show diffuse abdominal pain with bloody diarrhea  
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show embolism (atrial fibrillation), thrombosis SMA or SMV  
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Ischemic colitis   show
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Mesenteric angina   show
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show submucosal dilation of venules in cecum; cause of hematochezia  
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Hematochezia   show
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Meckel’s diverticulum   show
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S/S   show
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show mimics acute appendicitis; cannot differentiate without radionuclide scan  
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show diverticulitis MC complication; MCC hematochezia and fistula formation  
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Diverticulitis   show
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show mucosal/submucosal ulceration; starts in rectum; crypt abscess; ↑ risk adenocarcinoma  
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S/S   show
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show primary sclerosing cholangitis, seronegative HLA B27 + spondyloarthropathy  
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show transmural inflammation; terminal ileum involved 80%; granulomas; skip lesions  
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show colicky pain and diarrhea; fistulas (anal, bowl to bowel)  
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Carcinoid tumor   show
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show liver metastasis; flushing/diarrhea due to serotonin; increased urine 5-HIAA  
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show precursor lesion colon cancer; size and number determine risk of malignancy  
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Villous adenoma   show
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show AD with 100% penetrance for developing colon cancer  
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Gardner’s syndrome   show
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Turcot’s syndrome   show
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show second MC cancer and cancer killer in adults  
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show obstruct; MC location rectosigmoid  
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show bleed  
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Acute appendicitis   show
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External hemorrhoids   show
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show bleed; prolapse out of rectum  
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show breakdown product CB in bowel (color of stool)  
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UBG   show
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show serum AST>ALT; ↑ serum GGT  
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Viral hepatitis   show
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Cholestasis markers   show
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show macrophage degradation of heme; lipid soluble; never in urine  
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show water soluble; never normal in urine  
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show Gilberts, spherocytosis, physiologic jaundice newborn, ABO/Rh HDN  
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show AD; ↓ uptake and conjugation; bilirubin increases with fasting  
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show unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia; begins on day three  
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% CB 20-50%   show
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show bile duct obstruction (intra or extrahepatic); carcinoma head of pancreas  
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Negative urine bilirubin + trace urobilinogen   show
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show obstructive jaundice  
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Positive urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   show
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show extravascular hemolytic anemia  
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show albumin, PT  
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Hepatitis A   show
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show protective antibodies; accidental needle stick, IVDA; hepatocellular carcinoma  
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Hepatitis C   show
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show no protective antibodies; requires HBsAg to replicate  
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Anti-HBs alone   show
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show recovered from HBV  
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show acute HBV/chronic HBV infective carrier if >6 months  
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Anti HBc-IgM alone   show
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show chronic HBV healthy carrier  
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Fulminant hepatic failure   show
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show E. coli in adults; S. pneumoniae in children; complication of ascites  
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Granulomatous hepatitis   show
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show Entamoeba histolytica; flash shaped ulcers in cecum; liver abscess; Rx  
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Echinococcosis   show
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Schistosomiasis   show
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Clonorchiasis   show
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Congestive hepatomegaly (centrilobular necrosis)   show
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show Budd-Chiari syndrome; painful hepatomegaly; ascites; portal hypertension  
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show ascites, portal hypertension, no hepatomegaly  
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Alcohol related disorders   show
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Hypertriglyceridemia in alcoholics   show
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show ↓ gluconeogenesis (↑ NADH causes pyruvate to convert to lactate)  
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Ketoacidosis in alcoholics   show
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show granulomatous destruction triad bile ducts; anti-mitochondrial antibody  
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis   show
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show neonatal cholestasis  
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show acetaminophen, isoniazid, halothane  
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Anabolic steroids   show
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show intrahepatic cholestasis; hepatic adenoma (intraperitoneal hemorrhage)  
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Methotrexate   show
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Liver angiosarcoma   show
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Hemochromatosis   show
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show cirrhosis; “bronze diabetes” - skin pigmentation + destruction of islet cells; malabsorption  
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Lab   show
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Wilson’s disease   show
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S/S   show
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show ↓ ceruloplasmin (causes ↓ total copper); ↑ serum/urine free copper  
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show pre-eclampsia; Hemolytic anemia, ELevated transaminases, Low Platelets  
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show AR, cannot secrete AAT from liver cell; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma  
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Reye syndrome   show
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show irreversible fibrosis; regenerative nodules; portal hypertension  
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Causes cirrhosis   show
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Hepatic encephalopathy   show
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Portal hypertension   show
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show portal hypertension; hypoalbuminemia; secondary aldosteronism  
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show use aldosterone blocker (acidosis increases loss ammonium in stool)  
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Hyperestrinism in men   show
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Lab findings cirrhosis   show
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Liver cell adenoma   show
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Liver cancer   show
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show chronic HBV and HCV MCC; ↑ AFP; hepatic/portal vein invasion  
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show primary sclerosing cholangitis MCC, C.C sinensis  
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show bile with too much cholesterol and too little bile salts  
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Black pigment stones   show
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Acute cholecystitis   show
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show chemical inflammation  
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show risk factors - cholelithiasis and porcelain gallbladder  
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show causes - alcohol and gallstones; ↑ amylase and lipase (more specific)  
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S/S   show
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show localized ileus of duodenum due to acute pancreatitis  
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show abdominal mass; persistence of ↑ serum amylase >1 week  
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show alcohol abuse, CF; malabsorption, pain, type I diabetes  
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Pancreatic cancer   show
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show jaundice/acholic (gray/pale) stools; palpable gallbladder; superficial migratory thrombophlebitis (Trousseau's sign); ↑ CA 19-9  
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show inability to concentrate urine  
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show chronic renal failure; cannot concentrate or dilute urine  
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Negative urine bilirubin + trace urobilinogen   show
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Positive urine bilirubin, absent urobilinogen   show
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Positive urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   show
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show extravascular hemolytic anemia  
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Positive urine nitrite + positive urine leukocyte esterase   show
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show positive urine leukocyte esterase but negative standard culture; TB, C. trachomatis  
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show ↑ BUN and creatinine; ↓ renal blood flow (e.g. heart failure, hypovolemia)  
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show ↑ BUN and creatinine due to intrinsic renal disease (acute tubular necrosis)  
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Postrenal azotemia   show
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Serum BUN:creatinine ratio   show
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show ratio 10/1 - renal failure  
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BUN 80 mg/dL:creatinine 2 mg/dL   show
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Creatinine clearance   show
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show important sign of renal dysfunction  
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show nephritic type of glomerulonephritis  
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WBC casts   show
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show nephrotic syndrome  
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Hyaline casts   show
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Renal tubular cell casts   show
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Waxy or broad casts   show
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show hexagonal crystals  
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Horseshoe kidney   show
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show MC childhood cystic disease; abnormal development; flank mass  
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show fetal juvenile polycystic kidney disease; Potter’s facies in newborn  
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show AD; hypertension MC sign; cerebral berry aneurysms  
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show synthesize basement membrane  
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show negative charge due to heparan sulfate  
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show oliguria; RBC casts; hypertension; mild to moderate proteinuria  
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Nephrotic syndrome   show
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show linear (anti-glomerular BM antibodies); granular (IC deposition)  
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IgA GN   show
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Post-streptococcal GN   show
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show nephritic; subendothelial deposits; anti-DNA antibodies  
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show crescents from parietal cell proliferation; worst GN; Goodpasture’s, Wegener’s  
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show nephritic; anti-BM antibodies (glomerular + pulmonary capillary); crescentic GN  
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S/S   show
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show MCC childhood nephrotic syndrome  
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show podocyte fusion; loss of negative charge in glomerular BM  
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show nephrotic syndrome; AIDS and IV heroin abuse  
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show MCC adult nephrotic syndrome; subepithelial deposits; epimembranous spikes  
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Causes membranous GN   show
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Type I MPGN   show
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Type II MPGN   show
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show microalbuminuria first sign  
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show nodules with collagen in mesangium; hyaline arteriolosclerosis of arterioles  
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ACE inhibitors   show
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Alport’s syndrome   show
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Ischemic ATN   show
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show disruption of BM in proximal tubule and thick ascending limb  
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Nephrotoxic ATN   show
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Nephrotoxic ATN   show
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show prerenal azotemia, ATN, glomerulonephritis, postrenal azotemia  
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Acute pyelonephritis   show
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Chronic pyelonephritis   show
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show type I/IV reaction; e.g., penicillin  
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show ARF, fever, rash, eosinophilia, eosinophiluria, WBC casts  
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Analgesic nephropathy   show
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show BJ protein produces foreign body reaction in tubules  
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show prevent by giving allopurinol prior to chemotherapy  
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CRF   show
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show hypovitaminosis D (no 1-α-hydroxylase); produces osteomalacia  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   show
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show secondary HPTH with increased osteoclastic activity  
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S/S CRF   show
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Benign nephrosclerosis   show
🗑
show renal failure; encephalopathy; BP >210/120 mm Hg; IV nitroprusside  
🗑
show necrotizing arteriolitis; “flea bitten” kidney; hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis  
🗑
show pale infarcts; hematuria; common in polyarteritis nodosa  
🗑
show renal stone MCC; atrophy of cortex/medulla; postrenal azotemia  
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show most contain calcium (calcium oxalate/phosphate); hypercalciuria MC risk factor  
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S/S   show
🗑
show due to urease producing organisms (Proteus); alkaline urine pH; ammonia smell  
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Angiomyolipoma   show
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Renal cell carcinoma   show
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S/S   show
🗑
show smoking MCC, phenacetin, aniline dyes, cyclophosphamide  
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show hypertension, unilateral abdominal mass in child; aniridia/hemihypertrophy in AD types  
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show persistent urachus  
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis   show
🗑
show abdominal wall defect + epispadias  
🗑
show most commonly due to prostatic hyperplasia with urethral obstruction  
🗑
show E. coli; females > males; no fever, flank pain, or WBC casts  
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show smoking MCC, aniline dyes, cyclophosphamide; papillary  
🗑
show hematuria; hydronephrosis  
🗑
Bladder adenocarcinoma   show
🗑
show Schistosoma hematobium infection  
🗑
Hypospadias   show
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Epispadias   show
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Peyronie’s disease   show
🗑
show persistent/painful erection; HbSS  
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Squamous cell carcinoma penis   show
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Cryptorchidism   show
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show mumps usually unilateral (infertility uncommon)  
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show <35 - N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis; >35 - E. coli, P. aeruginosa  
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show scrotal pain relieved by elevation of scrotum (Prehn’s sign)  
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show left-sided scrotal mass; spermatic vein drains into left renal vein; infertility common  
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Varicocele   show
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show persistent tunica vaginalis; scrotum transilluminates  
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show testicle high in canal; absent cremasteric reflex  
🗑
show unilateral painless mass that does not transilluminate  
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show cryptorchid testis, Klinefelter’s, testicular feminization  
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Seminoma   show
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show >65 yrs of age  
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show hemorrhage/necrosis; hematogenous spread before lymphatic; ↑AFP, hCG  
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show MC testicular cancer in boys; ↑AFP  
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Choriocarcinoma   show
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show more often benign in children than adult  
🗑
show teratoma + embryonal carcinoma  
🗑
show MC type in elderly; metastasis not primary cancer  
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show DHT derived stimulation embryo; periurethral area - hyperplasia; peripheral area - cancer  
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Prostatitis   show
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show DHT/estrogen-mediated; glandular/smooth muscle hyperplasia  
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show all men develop; urethral obstruction MC (hesitancy, dribbling, nocturia), hematuria, dysuria Rx  
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show DHT-mediated; palpable with rectal exam; osteoblastic metastasis (↑ AP)  
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show sensitive but not specific for prostate cancer; ↑ in hyperplasia  
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Kallmann’s syndrome   show
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Impotence   show
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show parasympathetic response  
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Ejaculation   show
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show ↑ LH; ↓ testosterone, sperm count; normal FSH  
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Seminiferous tubule failure   show
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Leydig and seminiferous tubule failure   show
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Y chromosome   show
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show develops seminal vesicles, epididymis, vas deferens  
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